Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STANMER

STANMER, a parish in Lewes district, Sussex; 1 mile NNW of Falmer r. station, and 4 NE of Brighton. Post town, Lewes. Acres, 1,346. Real property, £1,046. Pop., 147. Houses, 25. The manor, with S. Park, belongs to the Earl of Chichester. The living is a rectory, united with Falmer, in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £141.* Patron, the Earl of Chichester. The church is early English, and has a tower and spire.


(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: Stanmer CP/AP       Sussex AncC
Place: Stanmer

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