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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FIRLE (West), a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Lewes district, Sussex. The village stands under Firle Beacon, 1½ mile SE of Glynde r. station, and 4½ SE by E of Lewes; and has a post office, of the name of Firle, under Lewes.—The parish comprises 3, 392 acres. Real property, £3, 934. Pop., 631. Houses, 111. The property is divided among a few. Firle Place, a Tudor mansion, is the seat of Lord Gage. Firle Beacon rises behind that residence, and commands a fine view of the coast. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Beddingham, in the diocese of Chichester. The church has six brasses of the Gages, from 1569 onward; has also some other monuments; and is very good.—The sub-district forms a poor-law union, with workhouse in West Firle parish; and contains eight parishes. Acres, 14, 494. Pop., 2, 379. Houses, 416.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Firle AP/CP West Firle SubD Sussex AncC |
| Place names: | FIRLE | FIRLE WEST | WEST FIRLE |
| Place: | Firle |
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