In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Iping like this:
IPING, a parish, with a village, in Midhurst district, Sussex; on the river Rother, 2½ miles WNW of Midhurst r. station. Post town, Midhurst. Acres, 1, 925. Real property, £1, 710. Pop., 404. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. The manor was known at Domesday as Epinges; belonged, in the time of Edward I., to Richard de Amundeville; passed, in 1381, to Henry Hussee, Lord of Harting; was granted, in the time of Henry VIII., to Sir Henry Audley; went by sale, in 1784, to the Earl of Egremont; passed, in 1800, to Lord Spencer; and belongs now to Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. ...
The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Chithurst, in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £314. Patron, Lord Leconfield. The church is early English; comprises nave, chancel, and transepts, with a tower; and was rebuilt in 1840, and improved in 1859. There is a national school.
Iping through time
Iping is now part of Chichester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chichester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Iping itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Iping, in Chichester and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8712
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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