A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HEYSHOTT, a parish in Chichester district, Sussex; near the river Rother, and the Haslemere and Chichester railway, 2 miles SSE of Midhurst. Post town, Midhurst. Acres, 2, 171. Real property, £1, 815. Pop., 396. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to William de Percy, Earl of Montgomery; descended to the Earls of Northumberland; passed, in the time of Henry VIII., to Sir William Fitzwilliam, and in 1761, to the Earl of Egremont; and belongs now to Lord Leconfield. Part of the surface is downs; and there are vestiges of an ancient camp. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Stedham, in the diocese of Chichester. The church is decorated and later English, and was recently restored.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Heyshott AP Heyshott CP/AP Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Heyshott |
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