In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Slinfold like this:
SLINFOLD, a village and a parish in Horsham district, Sussex. The village stands near the river Arun, near the Guildford and Horsham railway, 4 miles WNW of Horsham; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post-office † under Horsham, and a good inn. The parish comprises 4,330 acres. ...
Real property, £4,154. Pop., 755. Houses, 148. The property is subdivided. Strood Park and Slinfold Park are chief residences. The living is a vicarage and a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £540.* Patron, the Bishop ofThe church was rebuilt in 1861; and is in the early Eng lish style, with tower and spire. There are a national school, and charities £5.
Slinfold through time
Slinfold is now part of Horsham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Horsham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Slinfold itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Slinfold, in Horsham and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9016
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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