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SUTTON, a tything in Woking parish, Surrey; on the river Wey, 4¼ miles NNE of Guildford. S. Place was a quadrangular mansion built, in the time of Henry VIII., by Sir R. Weston; was visited by Queen Elizabeth; suffered from fire immediately after her visit; underwent removal of its entrance-gateway side towards the end of last century; includes an ancient Roman Catholic chapel; and belongs now to the Salvins.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a tything" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Woking AP/CP Surrey AncC |
Place: | Sutton |
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