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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HOATHLY (WEST), or WESTHOTHLY, a village and a parish in East Grinstead district, Sussex. The village stands 4 miles SE of Rowfant r. station, and 4½ SW by S of East Grinstead; and has a post office under East Grinstead, and a fair on Whit-Monday.—The parish contains also the hamlets of Selsfield, Gravety, the Rocks, Duckells and Stoneland, Old House and White Hart, and New Combes and Old Combes. Acres, 5, 333. Real property, £4, 850. Pop., 1, 120. Houses, 212. The property is subdivided. Sidlesfield Common commands extensive views. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £230.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with tower and spire; and was recently in disrepair. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £11.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | West Hoathly AP/CP East Grinstead RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place names: | HOATHLY | HOATHLY WEST | HOATHLY WEST OR WESTHOTHLY | WEST HOATHLY | WESTHOTHLY |
| Place: | West Hoathly |
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