A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
WESTHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Eastbourne district, Sussex. The village is suburban to Pevensey, adjoins P. r. station, was formerly considered a hamlet of P., and took its name from being on the W side of P. castle. The parish comprises 4,530 acres of land and 188 of water. Post town, Pevensey, under Eastbourne. Real property, £7,188. Pop., 833. Houses, 179. Peelings House, Thorn House, Montague House, Handcombe Hall, Priest-Hawes, and Langley are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £550.* Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is chiefly decorated English. There are a national school, alms houses, and charities £98. --The sub-district contains six parishes. Acres, 18,927. Pop., 2,594. Houses, 554.
(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: | Westham AP/CP Westham SubD Eastbourne RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Westham |
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