Horley, Surrey

Description
Horley, a parish in Surrey. The parish lies in the Weald, on the river Mole, 4 1/2 miles S by E of Eeigate, and has a station on the L.C. & S.C.R., 26 miles from London. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 7320; population of the civil parish, 3300; of the ecclesiastical, 2891. The limits include Kennersley Manor, Horley Lodge, Mason's Bridge, and Horse Hill, the last a conspicuous object. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester; value, £290 with residence. Patrons, Christ's Hospital, London. The church is Early English, was thoroughly restored in 1882, and has a shingle spire. The vicarage of Sidlow Bridge is a separate benefice. There are a Baptist chapel, a Primitive Methodist chapel, a mission church at Salfords, and some charities.