Malden, a village of Surrey, 3 miles SE. of Kingston-upon-Thames. From 1264 to 1274 it was the seat of Merton College, so may claim to be the metropolis of Oxford. Pop. of parish, 525. The town of New Malden (pop. 2538) is 2 miles E. of Kingston, of which it is practically a suburb.
Malden
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 822
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