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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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CRAWLEY, a village and a parish in East Grimstead district, Sussex. The village stands adjacent to the Horsham railway, 1½ mile WSW of the Three Bridges Junction, near the boundary with Surrey, 7½ miles W by S of East Grimstead; has been much improved and extended since the forming of the railway; and has a head post office, ‡ a railway station, two inns, a church, an Independent chapel, a Baptist chapel, a Roman Catholic chapel, and fairs on 8 May and 9 Sept. The church is decorated English, with a square tower; and has been restored. The Roman Catholic chapel, with conventual buildings, was erected in 1861, at a cost of £5, 000; but is very plain. The parish comprises 770 acres. Real property, £1, 171. Pop., 473. Houses, 88. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £116.* Patrons, the Heirs of Mrs. Clitherow.
(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: | Crawley CP/AP/Ch Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Crawley |
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