OXTED, a parish in the first division of the hundred
of TANDRIDGE, county of SURREY, 2 miles (E.
by N.) from Godstone, containing 777 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and
diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at
£24. 6. 0., and in the patronage of C. L. H. Master,
Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. A fair is
held here on the 1st of May.