Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STORRINGTON

STORRINGTON, a village and a parish in Thakeham district, Sussex. The village stands 4¼ miles E by N of Amberley r. station, and 6½ NE of Arundel; consists of a long street, with another going off at right angles; and has a post-office‡ under Hurstperpoint, a fortnightly corn market on Tuesday, and fairs on 13 May and 11 Nov. The parish contains also the hamlet of Cootham, and comprises 3,264 acres. Real property, £4,911. Pop., 1,104. Houses, 218. The property is divided among a few. Parham House, Fryern House, Cootham House, and Cobb Court are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £600.* Patron, the Duke of Norfolk. The church is good. There are an endowed school with £30 a year, and charities £39.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Storrington AP/CP       Thakenham RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place: Storrington

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