CHESSINGTON, a parish in Epsom district, Surrey; 2 miles SSE of Esher and Claremont r. station, and 3 ¾ S of Kingston-on-Thames. Post-town, Kingston-on-Thames. Acres, 1,229. Real property, £1,729. Pop., 219. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. Chessington Hall, now a farm-house, was the residence of Samuel Crisp, the author of the tragedy “Virginia,” and often visited by Dr. Burney. An artificial mound, now covered with wood, bears the name of Castle Hill, and seems to have been the site of an ancient fortification. Roman coins have been found near it. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Malden, in the diocese of Winchester. The church is early English; was restored in 1854; and contains a monument of S. Crisp.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
