MALDEN, a parish in the second division of the
hundred of KINGSTON, county of SURREY, 2 miles (N. by
W.) from EweU, containing 250 inhabitants. The living
is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Chessington,
in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester,
rated in the king's books at £8. 5., and in
the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of Merton
College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to .St. John:
near it - is the site of the original establishment of
Merton College, founded in 1264, and removed to Oxford
in 1267. A small but rapid stream, called the
Hogs-Mill river, rises in this parish, and falls into the
Thames at Kingston. In the chapelry of Chessington
is a powerful chalybeate spring, termed Jessop's well,
once much celebrated, but now almost forsaken. A
free school is maintained by the vicar; and a National
school, is supported by annual contributions.
Seal and Arms of Maiden.
Obverse. Reverse.