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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.
SOUTHWICK, a village and a parish in Steyning district, Sussex. The village stands on the coast, adjacent to the South Coast railway, 2 miles E of Shoreham; carries on some commerce in coals and corn; and has a post-office‡ under Shoreham, a r. station, a reading room, a coastguard station, and a fair on 19 May. The parish contains also Fishergate hamlet, and comprises 1,470 acres-Real property, £4,547. Pop. in 1851, 1,190; in 1861, 1,358. Houses, 246. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £207.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and there is a national school. Doctor Pell, the linguist, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Southwick AP/CP Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Southwick |
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