A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WILLINGDON, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Sussex. The village stands 1¾ mile SSE of Polegate r. station, and 2½ N by W of Eastbourne; and has a post-office under Hurst-Green. The parish extends to the coast; comprises 4,217 acres of land and 42 of water; and is in Eastbourne district. Real property, £5,742. Pop. in 1861, 709. Houses, 152. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter ofThe church is early English, and has a tower and spire. There are a parochial school and a reading room. -The hundred contains 5 parishes, and is in Pevensey rape. Acres, 13,276. Pop. in 1851, 1,578. Houses, 300.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Willingdon CP/AP Willingdon Hundred Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Willingdon |
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