In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rogate like this:
ROGATE, a village and a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex. The village stands on the river Rother, 1 mile N of the Midhurst and Petersfield railway, and 5 W by N of Midhurst; and has a station jointly with Hartingon the railway, a post-office under Petersfield, and a fair on 27 Sept. The parish comprises 4, 873 acres. ...
Real property, £4, 459. Pop. in 1851, 1, 117; in 1861, 990. Houses, 208. The property is divided among a few. The manor of R. is part of Hertinges manor; belonged, in the time of Edward III., to Ralph de Camois; passed to the Crown; and was given, in the time of Henry VIII., to the Earl of Southampton. The manor of Wenhamincludes most of the parish; and, with Rogate Lodge, belongs to H. G. Wyndham, Esq. Fair Oak is the seat of the Hon. J. J. Carnegie; and Fyning House, of Col. Simpson,B. An ancient tower stood about ½ a milefrom the village; was probably erected by the family of De Camois; and has left vestiges within a fosse. Asmall Premonstratensian canonry was founded at Dureford Abbey, about 1169, by Henry Hoese. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £330. Patron, the Crown. The church is ancient.
Rogate through time
Rogate is now part of Chichester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chichester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rogate itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rogate, in Chichester and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8912
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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