In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hadlow Down like this:
HADLOW DOWN, a hamlet in Mayfield parish, and a chapelry in Mayfield and Buxted parishes, Sussex. The hamlet lies 3¾ miles SW by W of Mayfield, and 4½ NE of Uckfield r. station; and has a post office under Uckfield. The chapelry was constituted in 1837. Pop., 981. Houses, 191. Pop. of the Mayfield portion, 605. Houses, 118. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £126.* Patron, alternately the Rector of Buxted and the Vicar of Mayfield. There is a Baptist chapel.
Hadlow Down through time
Hadlow Down is now part of Wealden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wealden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hadlow Down itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hadlow Down, in Wealden and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8532
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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