In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rustington like this:
RUSTINGTON, a parish in Worthing district, Sussex; on the coast, 1 mile S W of Angmering r. station, and 1¼ E of Little Hampton. Post-town, Little Hampton, under Arundel. Acres, 1, 287; of which 222 are water. Real property, £3, 254. Pop., 340. Houses, 75. The manor belongs to W. G. K. Gratwicke, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, 159.* Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is early English, and was recently restored. Anational school was built in 1860.
Rustington through time
Rustington is now part of Arun district. Click here for graphs and data of how Arun has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rustington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rustington, in Arun and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9001
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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