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Tooting (Lower) in Surrey County England History and GeographyTOOTING (LOWER), or TOOTING-GRAVENEY, a parish in the western division of the hundred of BRIXTON, county of SURREY, 7 miles (S.S.W.) from London, containing 1863 inhabitants. This village, consisting of two streets, is situated on the road from London to Worthing; it is lighted with oil, and supplied with water from wells produced by boring. The atmosphere is considered very salubrious, and the environs are studded with elegant cottages and villas. Assemblies are occasionally held during the winter months. The parish is within the jurisdiction of a court of requests held at Wandsworth, for the recovery of debts under £5, and is also within the superintendence of the new police. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at '£8. 8. 6¾., and in the patronage of the Rev. Richard Greaves. The church, which is dedicated to St. Nich olas, is an ancient structure, with a circular tower and wooden spire, now much dilapidated: it is in contemplation to erect a new church, the expense to be defrayed by subscription, by a sale of part of Tooting common, and by a grant from the Incorporated Society for the building and enlargement of churches and chapels. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. The parochial school is endowed with the interest of a bequest of £400 in the five per cent. consols., made by Mr. John Avarn, in 1809; and by another bequest, from William Powell, Esq., in 1823, of £210, and a share of the residue of his estate, amounting to £1113, which were together laid out in the purchase of £1441. 18. 11. three per cent. consols.: it is further supported by voluntary contributions: fifty-seven boys and forty-seven girls are educated, and thirty of the latter are clothed. The schoolrooms, and separate apartments for the master and mistress, were erected on the site of some former ones, in 1828, at an expense of £1800. In 1718, Sir James Bateman, Knt., bequeathed £100, directing the interest to be applied in apprenticing children. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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