GODSTONE, a parish in the first division of the
hundred of TANDRIDGE, county of SURREY, 19
(S. by E.) from London, containing 1210 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, with the vicarage of Walkinstead,
in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Win-
Chester, and in the patronage of the Rev. Charles James
Hoare. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, has
lately received an addition of one hundred and nineteen
sittings, of which seventy-eight are free, the Incorpo;-
rated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels
having granted £80 towards defraying the expense.
There is also a chapel endowed with about £30 per
annum, to which is annexed some provision for the
education of children. David Maynard, in 1709, gave
£200, producing £10 per annum, for which seventeen
children are instructed. The petty sessions for the division
are held here monthly. Some good stone quarries
are worked in the parish, whence it is said to derive its
name. There is a mineral spring containing sulphate;of
magnesia, and of similar properties to the Cheltenham
water.