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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.
BILLINGSHURST, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in Petworth district, Sussex. The village stands on the Roman Stane-street, adjacent to the Mid-Sussex railway, near the Arun and Wye canal, 7 miles SW of Horsham; and has a station on the railway, a post office‡ under Horsham, and fairs on Whit-Monday and 8 Nov. It probably got its name from being a settlement of the great Saxon tribe of Billing.—The parish is divided into East and West Billingshurst. Acres, 6,758. Real property, £6,234. Pop., 1,495. Houses, 296. The property is much subdivided. Gratwick House is the seat of R. Bascoby, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £170.* Patron, SirGoring, Bart. The south side of the church is very early Norman; the rest, chiefly perpendicular English. There are two dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £7.-The subdistrict comprises three parishes. Acres, 21,072. Pop., 4,245. Houses, 832.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Billingshurst AP/CP Petworth RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Billingshurst |
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