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GOMSHALL, a hamlet in Shere parish, Surrey; adjacent to the Reigate and Guildford railway, 5 m. W by S of Dorking. It has a station on the railway, with telegraph, a brewery, a tannery, and an Independent chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Shere CP/AP Surrey AncC |
Place: | Gomshall |
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