*GATTON, (Surrey) 15 cm. 18 mm. from London, under the side of a hill going to Reygate, is supposed to have been known to
the Romans, by reason of their coins and other antiquities that have been found here; and where the manor-house stands, it
is said there was once a castle. 'Tis a Bor. by prescription; has sent members to Pt. ever since the 29th of Hen. VI. and
was formerly a large T. but is now a mean village, with a small Ch. and without Fair, or Mt. The members are returned by
its constable, who is chose annually at the court of Mr. Newland, Ld. of the manor. It bel. formerly to the Copleys, who
sold it, about the middle of the last century, to Tho. Turgis, Esq; who by will left it to Will. Newland, eldest son to
Sir Geo. Newland. The register of this p. begins, anno 1599. The r. Mole rises in this p. which is also noted for a quarry
of white free-stone, which is soft, and endures the fire admirably well in winter, but neither sun, nor air. 'Tis much
used by chymists, bakers, glass-houses, &c.