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FRAMFIELD, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Uckfield district, Sussex. The village stands near the river Ouse, and near the Brighton, Lewes, Uckfield, Groomsridge, and Tunbridge-Wells . railway, 1½ mile E by S of Uckfield railway station, and has a post office under Hurst Green, and a fair on 24 June. The parish comprises 6, 700 acres. Real property, £6, 900. Pop., 1, 355. Houses, 253. The property is subdivided. Framfield Park is a principal resideuce. Some of the land is under hops. Iron-working was once carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £459.* Patron, the Rev. R. L. Adams. The church is ancient, cruciform, and good; and has a brass of 1595. An endowed school has £22; and other charities £41. The sub-district includes also two other parishes. Acres, 14, 918. Pop., 3, 102. Houses, 573.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Framfield CP/AP Framfield SubD Uckfield RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
Place: | Framfield |
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