Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOUGHTON

STOUGHTON, a parish in Westbourne district, Sussex; 4 miles N of Bosham r. station, and 6 NW of Chichester. It contains Walderton tything, Northwood hamlet, and part of East Marden village; and its Post town is Emsworth. Acres, 5,422. Real property, £3,799. Pop., 633. Houses, 121. Stansted House is the seat of Mrs. Dixon; and Watergate House, of A. H. Hall, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £260.* Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is early English. The p. curacy of Stansted is a separate benefice. Charities, £30.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Stoughton CP/AP       Westbourne RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place: Stoughton

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