BEDDINGTON, a parish in the second divisionof the hundred 'of WELLINGTON, county of SURREY, 2 miles (W.) from Croydon, containing, with the hamlet, of Wallington, 1327 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £ 13. 16. 8., and in the patronage of Mrs. Ann Paston Gee. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a handsome edifice, with a fine tower, chiefly in the later style of English architecture, it was built in the reign of Richard II.,' and contains, together with several stalls, some handsome monuments to the memory of the Carew family, of which Sir Nicholas Carew, who was beheaded in 1539, for an alleged conspiracy against Henry VIII., was a member. The Croydon railway crosses the northern angle of the parish. The first orange-trees produced in England are said to have been planted here. A charity school is supported by subscription.