Thursley (St. Michael)
THURSLEY (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Hambledon, Second division of the hundred of Godalming, W. division of Surrey, 5 miles (S. W. by W.) from Godalming; containing 704 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 3170 acres, of which 1330 are arable, 180 meadow, 150 copse, and 1500 waste. Ironstone is abundant, and there were anciently several large iron-foundries, of which the only memorials are four large ponds called Hammer Ponds. The silk manufacture was subsequently introduced, but it has been for some years discontinued. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Witley.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.