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CHAILEY, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in Lewes district, Sussex. The village stands 3 miles E of Cook's Bridge r. station, and 5½ N by W of Lewes; and has a post office under Lewes, and a fair on 29 July. The parish comprises 5,889 acres. Real property, £5,610. Pop., 1,344. Houses, 245. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £505.* Patrons, Mrs. Hepburne and Mrs. Blencowe. The church is early English, and good. There are a national school, a workhouse, and charities £9. The subdistrict contains four parishes. Acres, 18,464. Pop., 4,947. Houses, 931.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chailey AP/CP Chailey SubD Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Chailey |
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