Manor House, Long Ditton
From Dittopedia
The Manor House next to Long Ditton Church was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Ditone or Ditune and included in the lands of Richard, son of Count Gilbert and held from him by one Picot. The first recorded Rector of Long Ditton Church is Robert Picot in 1166.
In 1565 Sir George Evelyn acquired the manor, and later Sir Thomas Evelyn, a Member of The Long Parliament—although a Parliamentarian, he was never Cromwellian—resided in the Manor and it continued in occupation of the Evelyn family until 1692.
The Tax Return of 1664 shows Sir Edward Evelyn at the Manor House with 20 hearths. The Evelyn/Alston family sold the Lordship of the Manor to Peter King of Ockham in 1721. He became Lord Chancellor of England in 1725.
A map of Sir Peter King's Lands dated 1725 shows "The Manor House, Woodstock", and was the first map of Long Ditton. A Mr and Mrs Trollope made their home at the Manor House at the end of the 19th Century and the lych gate at the Church was erected in their memory in 1902. A small part of the present building retains some of the 18th Century building. [1]
Sources
- Esher District Local History Society (Acknowledgments for some of this information to Rev. Eric Smith and Mr Peter Fussell of Long Ditton)
