Effingham, Surrey

Description
Effingham, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Surrey. The village stands 3 1/2 miles SW of Leatherhead, 4^ NW by W of Dorking, and has a station on the L. & S.W.B., 21 miles from London. It was formerly a place of some importance, said to have contained sixteen churches, and gives the title of Earl to the Howards of Grange. It has a post and money order office under Leatherhead; telegraph office, Great Bookham. The parish, with the village, comprises S183 acres; population of the civil parish, 620; of the ecclesiastical, 614. Effingham House, the seat of the Parrett family, is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £106 with residence. The church is ancient, has stalls, and is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel. The hundred contains also two other parishes.