WONERSH, a parish in the first division of the
hundred of BLACKHEATH, county of SURREY, 3 miles
(S. S. E.) from Guildford, containing 918 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, rated in the
king's books at £15. 1. 3., and in the patronage of
Lord Grantley. The church is dedicated to St. John
the Baptist. The Wey and Arun canal passes through
the parish, which abounds with iron-stone. Six poor
boys are instructed for a rent-charge of £4, the bequest
of Henry Chennell, in 1672; and four are taught for a
like sum left by Richard Gwynne, in 1698.