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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Offham like this:
OFFHAM-STREET, a hamlet in Hamsey parish, Sussex; on the old Roman road, 2 miles N N W of Lewes. It has a post-office under Lewes. Chalk pits are adjacent to it; and remains are there of the earliest piece of railway formed in the S of England, an inclined plane for conveying the chalk of the pits to the Ouse river.
Offham is now part of LEWES District. Click here for graphs and data of how LEWES has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Offham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Offham, in Lewes and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25680
Date accessed: 16th November 2025
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