Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SUNBURY

SUNBURY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Staines district, Middlesex. The village stands on the river Thames, and on the Thames Valley railway, 4¾ miles W of Kingston; was known, at Domesday, as Suneberie; gave the title of Viscount to the Montagues; and has a post-office under London W, a r. station with telegraph, a police station, and many fine residences.—The parish contains also two hamlets, and comprises 2,400 acres. Real property, £11,960. Pop. in 1851, 2,076; in 1861, 2,332. Houses, 488. The property is much divided. Kempton and Spelthorne are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London. Value, £390.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The church was rebuilt in 1752, and was recently repaired and enlarged. There are an Independent chapel, a Wesleyan chapel of 1866, a military training college, a national school, and charities £146.-The Sub-district contains 7 parishes. Acres, 11,603. Pop., 7,289. Houses, 1,429.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sunbury CP/AP       Sunbury SubD       Staines RegD/PLU       Middlesex AncC
Place names: SUNBURY     |     SUNEBERIE
Place: Sunbury on Thames

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