A vision of Britain through time
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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.
BURY, a parish and a hundred in Sussex. The parish is in Chichester district; lies on the river Arun, 1¼ mile NW of Amberley r. station, and 5 SSE of Petworth; includes the tything of West Burton; and has a post office under Petworth. Acres, 3,340. Real property, £4,046. Pop., 500. Houses, 109. Bury Hill here is crowned with a large barrow. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £300*. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. The church was recently restored. There are national schools, and charities £40.-The hundred is in the rape of Arundel; and contains eight parishes and part of another. Pop., 4,125. Houses, 803.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bury CP/AP Bury HalfHundred/Hundred Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Bury |
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