Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HANDCROSS

HANDCROSS, a hamlet in Slaugham parish, Sussex; on the east verge of St. Leonard's Forest, 4½ miles NW of Cuckfield. It has a post office under Crawley. Handcross House was the seat of General Blake.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Slaugham AP/CP       Sussex AncC
Place: Handcross

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