BYFLEET, a parish in the first division of the hundred
of GODLEY, county of SURREY, 2§ miles (W.N.W.y
from Cobham, containing 427 inhabitants. The living
Is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese
of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £9. 11. 8.,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is
dedicated to St. .Mary. There is a place of worship for
Particular Baptists. The manor was presented by
Edward II. to his favourite, Piers de Gaveston; and
Henry VIII. was nursed at a house in this place.
The Wey and Arun Junction canal passes through the
parish. An old mansion, called Byfield Park, at present
a farm-house, was built by Edward the Black Prince.