have been that of Long Ditton. Thames Ditton was merely a chapelry to Kingston till severed by Act of Parliament, A.D. 1769, and remains a perpetual curacy.
Long Ditton.—Brasses: John Haymer, parson of the church; Rob. Casteltunn and wife, 1527; Rich. Hatton and wife, 1616. (M. & B.)
35. Ditton, Thames.—Several brasses dating from 1539 to 1590. (M. & B.)
36. Dorking.—The existing church is very modern, it having been rebuilt about A.D. 1830. (A.D. 1291) "Ecclia de Dorkingge cum capella;" the latter probably Capel; which see.
37. Egham.—In (A.D. 1291) described together with Chertsey and Chobham. Compare the Note on Chertsey.
38. Elsted.—Though now constituted a distinct parish, this place was originally but a chapelry to Earnham. It is now a perpetual curacy. (Clergy List.)
39. Epsom.—The second church named here might very possibly be either at Kingswood in Ewell, or at Ewell itself, though not in the manor described in (D. B.) under the name of Ewell: see the Note there below.
40. Esher.—"The abbot of St. Leutfred's Cross holds Aissele. Since the saint possessed it, it has never paid land-tax. Abbas de Cruce Sancti Leutfredi tenet de dono regis Wilielmi Aissele, &c. Postquam Sanctus habuit, nunquam geldam dedit." (D. B.) The church contains the stone effigy of a man in armour. (M. & B.) San don Priory or Hospital was founded by Rob. de Watervil in the beginning of the reign of K. Henry II. The site is uncertain, but supposed by Tanner to be in the parish of Esher, though stated to be "juxta Kingston." Sandon chapel was granted by K. James I to John Earl of Mar; which building M. & B. say distinctly was in Esher. (Monast. VI, 675.)
41. Ewell.—The church, which is assigned to Ewell, is really called in (D. B.) the church of Leret, which name, there can be little, if any, doubt, applied to Leatherhed. But the notice of it, "To this manor adjoins the church of Leret; ad hoc manerium adjacet æcclesia de Leret," (D. B.) forms part of the actual description of "Etwelle," that is, Ewell; wherefore I conceive the church must belong to that place, rather than to another at the distance of six miles, with Epsom intervening between the two. M. & B. consider, that the church stood not at Leatherhed, but at Kingswood in the parish of Ewell, where certainly was an ancient chapel, which may indeed be intended
