Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hailsham

Hailsham, town and par. with ry. sta., E. Sussex, 64½ miles SE. of London, 5330 ac., pop. 2964; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; is a thriving town, with one of the largest cattle and sheep markets in Sussex.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Hailsham CP/AP       Sussex AncC
Place: Hailsham

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