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PEASEMARSH, a village and a parish in Rye district, Sussex. The village stands 3 miles N W of Rye r.station; and has a post-office under Staplehurst, and afair on 1 June. The parish comprises 3, 718 acres. Real property, £5, 999; of which £15 are in quarries. Pop., 906. Houses, 194. P. Place is the seat of H. M. Curteis, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £261.* Patron, Sidney-Sussex college, Cambridge. The church stands in a well-wooded park, about a mile from the village; is Norman and early English; and was recently restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £16.
(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: | Rye RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
Place: | Peasmarsh |
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