Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TROTTON

TROTTON, a parish, with a village, in Midhurst district, Sussex; 1 mile NE of Elsted r. station, and 3 W by N of Midhurst. Post town, Petersfield. Acres, 3,877. Real property, £3,451. Pop., 452. Houses, 92. The manor was long held by the family of Camois, and belongs now to R. H. Nevell, Esq. T. Place is the residence of A. E. Knox, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £420.* Patrons, T. Staunton and F. Inman, Esqs. The church was rebuilt in 1400. The p. curacy of Milland is a separate benefice. The poet Otway was a native.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Trotton AP/CP       Midhurst RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place: Trotton

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