LEATHERHEAD, a parish (formerly a market town) in the second division of the hundred of COPTHORNE, county of SURREY, 12 miles (E. N. E.) from Guildford, and 18 (S. W. by S.) from London, containing 1478 inhabitants. This place, anciently called Leddrede, is pleasantly situated on the bank of the river Mole, over which there is a bridge of fourteen arches, built of brick. The vale through which this stream flows, in its course to Reigate, is bounded on each side by a range of steep eminences, on the declivities of which are numerous elegant seats, and fine parks and plantations; and the scenery in the neighbourhood is highly picturesque and beautiful. The trade of the town is inconsiderable, and the market is disused; but a fair is held on the 10th of October, in a field to the north of the town, chiefly for the sale of horses and pigs. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 6. 0., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Nicholas, is a cruciform structure, said to have been founded by Edward I.: the nave and aisles are of the early English style, the chancel of the decorated, and the tower and north transept of the later English; the east window is ornamented with stained glass; within is a fine screen, and a painting of the " Last Supper." There is a place of worship for Independents. A free school for ten boys is endowed with £15 per annum, principally from a bequest by John Lucas, who, in 1796, left £400 South Sea annuities, for the support of this charity. Several other benefactions have been made for distribution among the poor.