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BOXGROVE, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in Westhampnett district, Sussex. The village stands 2 miles NNE of Drayton r. station, and 3½ NE by E of Chichester.—The parish includes also the hamlets of Crocker-Hill and East Hampnett, the tythings of Halnaker and Strellington, and part of the hamlet of Seabeach; and has a post office under Chichester. Acres, 3,676. Real property, £5,249. Pop., 666. Houses, 158. The property is divided among a few. The manor was given by Henry I. to Robert de Hay, passed to the Poynings, the Delawarrs, and the Morleys; and belongs now to the Duke of Richmond. Halnaker House, built by Sir Thomas West, Lord Delawarr, in the time of Henry VIII., is now a mass of ruin. Goodwood, the seat of the Duke of Richmond, is a great feature. See Goodwood. A priory was founded at Boxgrove by Robert de Hay; made a cell to the Benedictine Abbey of Lessay, in Normandy; and allowed to retain its endowments at the suppression of alien monasteries. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £687.* Patron, the Duke of Richmond. The church consists of the chancel, aisles, transepts, and central tower of the ancient priory; is all rich early English, except the tower, which is Norman; and contains tombs of the Poynings, the Delawarrs, and the Morleys,-also three others probably of Henry l.'s queen Adeliza and her two daughters. An endowed school has £56; almshouses, £115; and other charities £13.-The subdistrict comprises seven parishes. Acres, 16,752. Pop., 3,632. Houses, 761.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Boxgrove CP/AP Boxgrove SubD Westhampnett RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Boxgrove |
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