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GUESTLING, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Sussex. The village stands 1¼ mile E of the Ashford and Hastings railway, 2 from the coast, and 3½ NE of Hastings; is partly situated on an acclivity, commanding fine views; consists of numerous detached houses and villas; and has a post office, of the name of Guestling Green, under Hastings. The parish is in Hastings district, and comprises 3, 564 acres. Real property, £4, 212. Pop., 731. Houses, 154. The property is much subdivided. Broomham is an ancient seat of the Ashburnhams, and stands amid a richly wooded park. Maxfield is an old timbered house, and was the birthplace of G. Martin, translator of the Rheims version of the Bible. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £450.* Patron, Clare College, Cambridge. The church is early English, with some Norman features; h as a low tower, with short spire; and contains monuments of the Ashburnhams; and it stands on an eminence. An endowed school has £82; and other charities £83.-The hundred is in the rape of Hastings, and contains four parishes. Acres, 14, 923. Pop., 2, 577. Houses, 482.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Guestling AP/CP Guestling Hundred Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Guestling |
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