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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SOMPTING, a parish, with S. village and Cokeham hamlet, in Steyning district, Sussex; 1½ mile NNE of Worthing r. station. Post town, Shoreham. Acres, 2,930. Real property, £4,212. Pop., 628. Houses, 132. The property is divided among a few. S. -Abbots belonged once to Fécamp abbey, and belongs now to H. Crofts, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £200.* Patron, H. Crofts, Esq. The church is cruciform; has Saxon and Norman portions, but is chiefly early English; and was recently repaired. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Sompting CP/AP Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Sompting |
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