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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.
MARDEN (EAST), a parish in Westbourne district, Sussex; 6 miles SW of Midhurst r. station. Post town, Petersfield. Acres, 968. Real property, £664. Pop., 63. Houses, 12. The property is divided among a few. The manor is one of four Meredens mentioned in Domesday book; was given, after the Conquest, to Rodger, Earl Montgomery; was annexed, in the time of Henry I., to the prebend of East Marden, then founded in Chichester cathedral; and belongs now to W. L. Woods, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £162. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is early English, and was recently repaired. There is a parochial school.
(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: | East Marden CP/AP Westbourne RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place names: | EAST MARDEN | MARDEN | MARDEN EAST |
| Place: | East Marden |
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