In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oakwood like this:
OAKWOOD, or Okewood, a chapelry in Abinger, Wotton, and Ockley parishes, Surrey; adjacent to Sussex, 5¼ miles N W by N of Horsham r. station, and 8½ S S W of Dorking. It was constituted in 1853; and its post town is Ockley, under Dorking. Pop. in 1861, 703. Houses, 134. Pop. of the Abinger portion, 417; of the Wotton portion, 218. ...
The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £322. Patron, W. J. Evelyn, Esq. The church stands on a low eminence, surrounded by woods; is rude early English, with heavy buttresses and pointed roof; and contains a good brass of Sir Edwardde la Hale of 1431.
Oakwood through time
Oakwood is now part of Mole Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mole Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oakwood itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oakwood, in Mole Valley and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21577
Date accessed: 20th May 2024
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