Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DICKER (Upper)

DICKER (Upper), a village in Arlington parish, and a. chapelry in Arlington, Chiddingly, and Hellingly parishes, Sussex. The village stands near the river Cuckmere, 2½ miles NNE of Berwick r. station, and 3 W by N of Hailsham; and has a post office under Hurst Green, and a fair on Holy Thursday. The chapelry bears the name of Upper Dicker Common; and was constituted in 1845. Pop., 550. Houses, 108. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £125.* Patron, the Bishop of Chichester.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sussex AncC
Place names: DICKER     |     DICKER UPPER     |     UPPER DICKER
Place: Upper Dicker

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