In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Avisford like this:
AVISFORD, a hundred in the rape of Arundel, Sussex. It contains the parish of Barnham, and eleven other parishes. Acres, 16,258. Pop. in 1851, 3,120. Houses, 563. Avisford House, the seat of the Houston family, is 4½ miles W of Arundel.
Avisford through time
Avisford is now part of Arun district. Click here for graphs and data of how Arun has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Avisford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Avisford, in Arun and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20653
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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