MORDON, a parish in the second division of the
hundred of WALLINGTON, county of SURREY, 10 miles
(S. W. by S.) from London, containing 638 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey,
and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at
£7. 12.11., and in the patronage of Mrs. Lowndes Stone,
as lady of the manor. The church, dedicated to St.
Lawrence, is a small brick edifice, erected about 1636;
it has a large window of stained glass. Elizabeth Gardiner,
in 17IB, gave £300, and Elizabeth Garth, in
1776, £ 100, which together produce an annual income
of about £30, applied to the instruction of twenty poor
children. There is also a Sunday school supported by
voluntary contributions. The small river Wandle runs
through the parish, and the Croydon railway passes
near it. Here is a tobacco and snuff manufactory.