Thames Ditton, Surrey

Description
Thames Ditton, a village and a parish in Surrey. The village stands on the river Thames, with a station on the L. & S.W.R., 14 miles from London, and 2 SW of Kingston. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Kingston-on-Thames. The parish includes Claygate chapelry and Ember and Weston hamlets, and comprises 2981 acres; population of the civil parish, 3710; of the ecclesiastical, 2649. Claygate manor belongs to the Earl of Lovelace; and Weston manor to the Speer family. There are numerous good residences, inns, a brewery, and market gardens. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £200 with residence. Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, was originally a chapel of ease to Kingston, and became parochial in 1769; it contains many good monuments and brasses. The vicarage of Clay-gate is a separate benefice. There are a Congregational chapel, almshouses, a cottage hospital, opened in 1894, and a village hall.