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SURBITON

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 117 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SURBITON , an See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district in the See also:

Kingston See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

Surrey, See also:

England, 13 m . S.W. of Charing See also:

CROSS

Cross, See also:

LONDON

London; on the London & See also:

South-Western railway . Pop . (1891), 12,178; (1901), 15,017 . It has a frontage upon the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

THAMES

Thames, with a pleasant esplanade . The district is largely residential . Surbiton is the headquarters of the Kingston See also:

ROWING (O. Eng. rowan, to row, cf. Lat. remus, Gr. perµbr, oar)

Rowing See also:

CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club and the Thames Sailing Club .

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