In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Upper Dicker like this:
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.
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Upper Dicker through time
Upper Dicker is now part of Wealden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wealden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Upper Dicker itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Upper Dicker, in Wealden and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23664
Date accessed: 04th November 2024
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