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JEVINGTON, a parish in Eastbourne district, Sussex; among the South Down hills, 3 miles NW of Eastbourne, and 3 SW by S of Polegate r. station. Post town, Eastbourne. Acres, 2, 099. Real property, £1, 852. Pop., 263. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £400.* Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is ancient but good; has some features which are debatably Saxon or Norman; and includes, in the belfrywall, a fragment of an ancient sculpture representing the Saviour bruising the serpent's head. Charities £3, and alms-houses for 4 persons.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Jevington AP/CP Eastbourne RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
Place: | Jevington |
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