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Brixton in Surrey County England History and GeographyBRIXTON, a district in the parish of LAMBETH, eastern division of the hundred of BRIXTON, county of SURREY, 4½ miles (S.S.W.) from London. The population is returned with Lambeth. This is one of the most agreeable suburbs connccted with the metropolis, and is divided into two parts, north Brixton and Brixton Hill: it consists principally of a line of road leading from Kennington to Streatham, upwards of two miles in length, on each side of which are ranges of neat and well built houses, with others in detached situations surrounded by small shrubberies: it has a nightly watch, and is lighted with gas. A church, dedicated to St. Matthew, has been erected pursuant to an act of parliament, whereby the parish of Lambeth has been divided into five districts, Brixton being one, each of which, on the decease of the present incumbent of Lambeth, will be constituted a distinct parish and benefice: the tower is at the eastern end. There are three meeting houses for Independents, and one for Wesleyan Methodists. In Acre Lane is Trinity Asylum for aged females, founded and endowed by Thomas Bailey, Esq. in 1824. The building comprises 12 neat tenements, each inmate is entitled to £10 per annum, and 12 sacks of coals. All candidates for admission must be possessed of £20 per annum, and not less than 57 years of age; and it is indispensable that they should believe in the doctrine of the Trinity. Mrs. Mary Bailey his widow has invested the sum of £2000 towards founding (in connection with the above) an Asylum for the education and maintenance of the orphans of Gospel Ministers and others. On Brixton Hill stands the house of correction for the county of Surrey, the tread-mill in which, completed in 1821, was the first established: the number of prisoners committed in 1828, according to the return made for that year, amounted to one thousand three hundred and forty. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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