Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RUSTINGTON

RUSTINGTON, a parish in Worthing district, Sussex; on the coast, 1 mile S W of Angmering r. station, and 1¼ E of Little Hampton. Post-town, Little Hampton, under Arundel. Acres, 1, 287; of which 222 are water. Real property, £3, 254. Pop., 340. Houses, 75. The manor belongs to W. G. K. Gratwicke, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, 159.* Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is early English, and was recently restored. Anational school was built in 1860.


(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: Rustington CP/AP       East Preston RegD/PLU/Inc       Sussex AncC
Place: Rustington

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.