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TEDDINGTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Kingston and county of Middlesex; on the river Thames and on the Twickenham and Kingston railway, 2 miles NW of Kingston. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office‡ under London SW. Acres, 1,120. Real property, £8,420. Pop., 1,183. Houses, 242. T. Place is the seat of Sir J. Langham, Bart.; and there are many good residences. T. Lock, on the Thames, is the first lock on the river's navigation. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of London. Value, £100.* Patron, the Earl of Bradford. The old church dates from about the time of the Reformation; and the new church was built in 1865. There are an endowed school with £20 a year, and a mutnal instruction Society.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Teddington CP/AP Middlesex AncC |
Place: | Teddington |
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