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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.
ETCHINGHAM, a parish in Ticehurst district, Sussex; on the river Rother, and on the Tunbridge-Wells and Hastings railway, 3½ miles SE by S of Ticehurst. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Hurst-Green. Acres, 3, 750. Real property, £4, 518. Pop., 864. Houses, 167. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Etchinghams from an early period till the time of Elizabeth. The ancient manor-house was moated; but the site of it is now traversed by the railway. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £518. Patrons, the Trustees of W. Cheslow, Esq. The church is decorated English; shows the flamboyant character in the E window, and other peculiar features in other parts; has a very long chancel, a square tower, a staircase-turret, and a high-pitched roof; contains an early English font, and brasses of the Etchinghams; and recently was well restored.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Etchingham AP/CP Ticehurst RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Etchingham |
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