An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Sanderstead

 

SANDERSTEAD

"SANDERSTEAD, a parish in the first division of Wallington hundred, county Surrey, 3 miles S.E. of Croydon, its post town, and 13 from London. Here was formerly a college for priests, founded by Reginald Lord Cobham in the reign of Henry VI., the revenue of which at the Dissolution was valued at £79 15s. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The Surrey hounds meet in the neighbourhood. The parish is intersected by the line of the London and Brighton railway. The surface is well wooded, and the land chiefly arable, with a small proportion of meadow and pasture.

The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Winchester, value £500. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient edifice with a low spired tower containing two bells. It has been recently restored, and the chancel rebuilt. The register dates from 1600. The parochial charities produce about £11 per annum. There is a parochial school for both sexes. Purley House is the principal residence, and was formerly the residence of J. Horne Tooke, author of "The Diversions of Purley.""

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
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