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HAMPNETT (WEST), or WESTHAMPNETT, a parish and a district in Sussex. The parish lies 1½ mile NNW of Drayton r. station, and 1 ½ NE of Chichester; and it contains the hamlets of Westerton, Mandling, and Woodcote. Post town, Chichester. Acres, 1,899. Real property, £, 898. Pop. in 185, 637; in 186, 502. Houses, 73. The manor belongs to the Duke of Richmond. West Hampnett Place is a Tudor edifice, with a modern front; was built by Richard Sackville, uncle of the first Lord Buckhurst; passed to the Duke of Richmond; and was converted by him into the West Hampnett Workhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £44.* Patron, the Duke of Richmond. The church is early English; and has a monument of Richard Sackville.—The district comprehends the sub-district of Boxgrove, containing the parishes of West Hampnett, Boo grove, Eartham, Aldinngbourn, Oving, Tangmere, and East Lavant; the sub-district of Singleton, containing the parishes of Singleton, Mid Lavant, West Stoke, Binderton, East Dean, UpWaltham, and Graffham; the sub-district of Yapton, containing the parishes of Yapton, Binsted, Slindon, Madehurst, Walberton, Eastergate, Barnham, Felpham, and Middleton; the sub-district of Wyke, containing the parishes of Rumbolds-Wyke, Merston, Pagham, Hunston, North Mundham, Donnington, Appledram, and New Fishbourne; and the sub-district of Manhood, containing the parishes of Birdham, West Itchenor, West Wittering, East Wittering, Earnley, Sidlesham, and Selsey. Acres, 7, 913. Poor rates in 1863, £, 398. Pop. in 185, 1, 268; in 186, 1,811. Houses, 3, 101. Marriages in 186, 88; births, 441, -of which 25 were illegitimate; deaths, 224, -of which 59 were at ages under 5 years, and 6 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 943; births, 4, 372; deaths, 2, 643. The places of worship, in 1851, were 36 of the Church of England, with 6, 634 sittings; 4 of Independents, with 230 s.; 2 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 140 s., and 5 of Bible Christians, With 479 s. The schools were 26 public day schools, with 1, 508 scholars; 37 private dayschools, with 549 s.; 31 Sunday schools, with 1, 404 s.; and 2 evening schools for adults, with 50 s.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Westhampnett CP/AP Westhampnett RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place names: | HAMPNETT | HAMPNETT WEST | HAMPNETT WEST OR WESTHAMPNETT | WEST HAMPNETT | WESTHAMPNETT |
| Place: | Westhampnett |
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