But darksome earth, by power divine, Bright at last as the sonne may shine. In the chancel is the monument of Elizabeth wife of William Chapman, who died in ; near the altar the tombs of Thomas Pope, rector, who died in , and Richard Reddal, rector, who died in In the porch is the tomb of John Cox, rector, who died in ; and in the church-yard, that of Charles Berriman, alias Brandon, rector, who died in Aubrey gives the dimensions of the church thus: the length, thirty yards; the breadth, eleven yards and three quarters.
The church of Beddington is dedicated to St. Mary; it is in the diocese of Winchester, and in the deanery of Ewell; the benefice is a rectory in the patronage of the Carew family; it formerly belonged to Bermondsey abbey, to which it was given in the year , by Sibella de Wateville, and Ingram de Fountenays fn.
The rectory of Beddington was taxed in at forty marks; out of which shillings was paid to the prior of Bermondsey. In , there was a commission to inquire into the value of the rectory fn. As it appears to be a curious record, and is the only one of the kind which occurs in the registry at Winchester, I shall give it at large, with a translation.
After the attainder of Sir Nicholas Carew, the advowson of the rectory was for some time in the possession of the crown. Henry the eighth presented to it in fn.
Sir Francis Carew fn. There was likewise in the church of Beddington, a sinecure benefice, called a free portion fn. In , it was valued at fifteen marks, out of which it paid two marks to Bermondsey abbey.
In fn. In the king's books, it is valued at 8l. It is now in lay-hands, and belongs to the Carews. Richard Benese, presented by Henry the eighth in , is the last portionist on record fn. He was canon of Merton Abbey, and author of a book on Mensuration of Land, of which there was a very early edition printed in St.
Thomas's hospital. John Leng fn. He was a native of Norfolk, and was of Catherine-Hall, Cambridge. In , he published two of the comedies of Aristophanes, with notes; and in , preached the sermons at Boyle's Lectures, which are printed; a set of his Sermons preached at Tunbridge, and a few others upon occasional subjects, are also extant. He was made bishop of Norwich in , and died at the age of sixty-two, of the small-pox, which he caught at the coronation of George the Second. He lies buried in the church of St.
Margaret, Westminster, where is a monument to his memory. Richardson, in his Continuation of Godwin fn. A miniature portrait of the bishop, representing him as a young man in a gown and band, and with a brown flowing peruke, is in the possession of his grand-daughter, Miss Pettingal.
Several entries occur in the register relating to the Carew family, five of whom were buried within four months, in the year Eight persons are said to have died of the plague in ; in , there were ten burials; in , eleven; in , there are no entries.
The hamlet of Wallington, in the parish of Beddington, at the time of the Conqueror's Survey, gave name to the hundred; it was afterwards called Croydon Hundred, but has of late resumed its ori ginal appellation. The hamlet is situated on the banks of the Wandle, and is more populous than the village itself, containing about sixty houses.
At this place is a large manufactory for printing of calico, belonging to Mr. Kilbourn, which employs a considerable number of hands.
In a field near the road is an ancient chapel, built of flint and stone. It has been new roofed, and is now used as a cart-house and stable; the stone work of the windows is entire; the east window has been stopped up, on each side of which is a niche of rich Gothic architecture; and in the south-east corner is a third for the holy water.
The present proprietor was about to pull down this chapel, but was opposed in his intention by the parishioners.
From the total silence of the records, and perhaps there are more relating to this parish in the registry of Winchester than to any other in the diocese, I should presume that it was only a private chapel. From the appearance of the windows, and of the niches above-mentioned, it seems to be of considerable antiquity. The early records relating to the manor of Wallington, are very unsatisfactory; the name of that place being anciently written Waleton, in common with Walton-upon-Thames, and Walton-on-theHill, in the same county, and without any distinction to discriminate them, except when the hundred is mentioned.
Salmon fn. I shall not take notice of any subsequent alienations of the manor of Wallington, except such as I find appropriated to that hundred. Henry the Second granted a certain part thereof to Maurice de Creon fn.
Katharine Lodelowe fn. At Woodcote, in the parish of Beddington, which is now a single farm-house, have been found many remains of antiquity, which tend to prove it to have been a Roman station. Camden and some other learned antiquaries contend, that it was the city of Noviomagus, mentioned by Ptolemy; whilst others are equally positive, that this city must have been in Kent: but as the matter, after all these arguments, ends in conjecture, I conceive it would be but an unsatisfactory entertainment to the generality of my readers, were I to detail them.
They who wish to see the argument treated of at length, may consult Aubrey's Surrey fn. Gale's, Mr. Burton's fn. Talbot's Commentaries on Antoninus's Itinerary fn. Salmon says, that foundations of buildings have been discovered, and urns, spear-heads, and other remnants of antiquity dug up, both at Beddington and Wallington; but I cannot find that any discoveries of that kind have been made of late years.
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Beddington is also a station on the Wimbledon branch of the London, Brighton and South Coast railway. It is pleasantly situated on the river Wandle, which turns several mills, and contains the hamlet of Wallington, which has given name to the hundred. A Roman road crosses the parish, which is mentioned in Domesday Book as Beddintone. You can see pictures of Beddington which are provided by: Geograph Flickr.
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