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Physical Features and General Character of the
District.
Area of District.—This is officially given as
being 3,046 acres, or as 3,031 exclusive of water.
The shape is practically a square with a long protruding
tongue stretching between Cbessington and
Claygate, and consists of the Civil Parishes of
Surbiton, Tolworth and Hook.
Boundaries.—On the North by the Borough of
Kingston.upon.Thames, on the North.West by the
River Thames, which has a length within the
district of 940 yards and includes within our area
the Island known as Ravens Eyot, on the West
and partly South.West by the territory of the
Urban District Authority of Esher and The Dittons,
on the East by the Hogg's Mill River, otherwise
locally known as the Maiden River, and by the
Maidens and Coombe Urban District, and from
South.East to South.West by the Epsom Rural
District.
Physical Features.—The area of the district is
roughly divided into Northern and Southern parts
by the Southern Railway which runs in a deep
cutting through the entire district from North.East
to South.West, and by the rising ground known as
Surbiton Hill, towards which on the Northern aspect
the ground slopes upward from the level of the
Rivers Thames and Hogg's Mill, forming a ridge
which extends from Minniedale and the parts known
as Clay Hill (now re.christened Villier's Avenue)
overlooking Kingston, to just outside the boundary