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A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Raynes Park like this:
Raynes Park, ry. sta., Surrey, 1½ mile SW. of Wimbledon.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Raynes Park by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| New Malden | 0 | 2 |
| Merton | 4 | 4 |
| Wimbledon | 4 | 3 |
| Coombe | 0 | 2 |
| Morden | 1 | 2 |
| Malden | 1 | 2 |
| Kingston Vale | 0 | 2 |
| Kingston Hill | 0 | 1 |
| Summerstown | 0 | 2 |
| Garrat | 0 | 2 |
| Mitcham | 1 | 2 |
| Norbiton | 0 | 1 |
| Roehampton | 0 | 2 |
| Tooting | 0 | 1 |
| Tolworth | 0 | 2 |
| Tooting Graveney | 0 | 2 |
| Earlsfield | 0 | 1 |
| Benhilton | 0 | 1 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 21 | 4 |
| Surbiton | 0 | 2 |