BETCHWORTH, a parish in the first division of
the hundred of REIGATE, county of SURREY, 3 miles
(W. by S,) from Reigate, containing 909 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, rated in the
king's books at £7. 8, ll£./endowed with £200 private
benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church
is dedicated to St. Michael. A school is endowed with
£20 per annum, and is further supported by subscription.