Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHILTINGTON (West)

CHILTINGTON (West), a parish in Thakeham district, Sussex; 2 miles E by S of Pulborough r. station, and 7½ NW of Steyning. It includes the manor of Chiltington; and has a post office under Hurstperpoint. Acres, 3, 917. Real property, £2, 604. Pop., 668. Houses, 133. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £491.* Patron, the Earl of Abergavenny. An endowed school has £47.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: West Chiltington AP/CP       Thakenham RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place names: CHILTINGTON     |     CHILTINGTON WEST     |     WEST CHILTINGTON
Place: West Chiltington

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