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Mitcham in Surrey County England History and GeographyMITCHAM, a parish in the second division of the hundred of WALLINGTON, county of SURREY, 9 miles (S.S.W.) from London, containing 4453 inhabitants. This place, anciently Michelham, or the great dwelling, is beautifully situated on the river Wandle, a stream abounding with excellent trout, and remarkable for the transparency of its waters, and in the centre of extensive grounds appropriated to the culture of aromatic and medicinal plants. Sir Walter Raleigh resided here in an old mansion, of which the remains are at present occupied as a private dwelling-house; and Sir Julius C?sar, Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth, had the honour of entertaining Her Majesty at his seat in this parish. The village is irregularly built, and sheltered by surrounding eminences, among which, Box Hill, so called from the trees planted on its southern declivity by the Earl of Arundel, in the reign of Charles I., having its northern side shaded with yew trees of venerable appearance, forms an interesting and picturesque object. The houses are in general respectable; and the inhabitants are amply supplied with water from the river. The environs afford delightful promenades, and abound with elegant villas, inhabited by opulent individuals, who, from the retirement of its situation, the beauty of its scenery, and its proximity to the metropolis, have been induced to select it as a place of residence. The trade is principally in calico-printing, for which there are extensive and convenient grounds, and on the banks of the Wandle are numerous mills, for corn, logwood, and tobacco. Rhubarb, liquorice, peppermint, and lavender, are extensively cultivated here for sale. The rail-road from Croydon passes through the parish. The annual fair commences on the 12th of August, and continues for three days. Mitcham is within the jurisdiction of the court of requests for the hundred of Blackheath, established by an act passed in the 6th of George III., for the recovery of debts under 40s., which was extended to the hundred of Wallington, and its powers to the recovery of debts not exceeding £5, by an act passed in the 47th of the same reign. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £10, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Mrs. Simpson. The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, an ancient structure of flint and stone, having become greatly dilapidated, was taken down, and the present beautiful edifice, in the later style of English architecture, with a square embattled tower, was erected in 1821; five hundred and fifty-five additional sittings, of which five hundred and twenty-one are free, have been lately provided, at an expense of £600, granted by the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. The Sunday school has an endowment of £62. 11. 10. per annum, arising from accumulated savings, amounting to £1600, vested in the three per cent, consols., and from donations: the school-room was built by subscription, in 1788. There are various charitable bequests for distribution among the poor. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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