Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BERWICK

BERWICK, a village and a parish in Lewes district, Sussex The village stands near the river Cuckmere, 1 mile S of a station of its own name on the South Coast railway, and 7 miles SE of Lewes. The parish comprises 1,097 acres; and its Post Town is Alfriston, under Lewes. Real property, £1,591. Pop., 169. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £362.* Patron, J. Ellman, Esq. The church is good.


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

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Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Berwick AP/CP       Sussex AncC
Place: Berwick

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