Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ASHINGTON

ASHINGTON, a parish in Thakeham district, Sussex; 4 miles NW of Steyning, and 5 ESE of Pulborough r. station. It has a post office under Hurstperpoint; contains the hamlet of Bunckton; and has fairs on 29 June and 21 July. Acres, 1,273. Real property, £1,509. Pop., 234. Houses, 52. The property is subdivided. The parish is noted for coursing. The living is a rectory united with the curacy of Bunckton, in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £288.* Patron, the Duke of Norfolk. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ashington AP/CP       Thakenham RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place: Ashington

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