In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Edburton like this:
EDBURTON, a parish in Steyning district, Sussex; on the S. Downs, 3½ miles E of Steyning r. station. It includes the hamlet of Fnlking; and its post town is Steyning, under Hurstperpoint. Acres, 2, 651. Real property, £820. Pop., 300. Houses, 67. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £379. Patron, the Arch-bishop of Canterbury. The church has a carved pulpit of the time of James I., and a circular leaden Norman font; and is good.
Edburton through time
Edburton is now part of Horsham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Horsham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Edburton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Edburton, in Horsham and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8338
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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