A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
PARHAM, a parish in Thakeham district, Sussex; under the Downs, 3 miles S by E of Pulborough r. station, and 5¼ N N E of Arundel. Post-town, Storrington, under Hurstperpoint. Acres, 1, 264. Real property, £810. Pop., 71. Houses, 11. The property belongs to the Hon. R. Curzon. P. House was built, early in the 16th century, by Sir T. Palmer; passed, in 1597, to the family of Bishop; is now the seat of the Hon. R. Curzon; exhibits interesting Tudor architecture, withsome modern additions; includes a gallery 158 feet long; contains a rich collection of portraits, pictures, armour, and articles of vertu; and stands in a rich park, wellstocked with deer. A cell to Glastonbury abbey was once in the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £148. Patron, the Baroness De la Zouche. The church is later English, has a smallspire, and contains a curious leaden font.
(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: | Parham CP/AP Thakenham RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Parham |
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