Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WADHURST

WADHURST, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Ticehurst district, Sussex. The village stands 1 mile E of the Tunbridge and Hastings railway, and 6½ SE of Tunbridge-Wells; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post-office under Hurst-Green, a public library with reading room, a weekly market, and fairs on 29 April and 1 Nov. The parish includes part of Tidebrook chapelry, and comprises 10,147 acres. Real property, £11,530. Pop. in 1851, 2,802; in 1861, 2,470. The property is subdivided. W. Castle, W. Park, Dewhurst Lodge, Frankham, the Mount, and Faircrouch are chief residences. Excellent sandstone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £659.* Patron, Wadham College, Oxford. The church is ancient, was recently restored, and has a lofty spire. The p. curacy of Tidebrook is a separate benefice. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, national schools, and several charities. The sub-district includes also Lamberhurst parish, and comprises 15,437 acres. Pop., 4,075. Houses, 809.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wadhurst AP/CP       Wadhurst SubD       Ticehurst RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place: Wadhurst

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