A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CROWHURST, a parish in Battle district, Sussex; on the Tunbridge Wells and Hastings railway, 2¼ miles S of Battle. It has a post office under Battle. Acres, 2, 160. Real property, £2, 311. Pop., 430. Houses, 76. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Harold, in the time of Edward the Confessor; was held by Walter de Scotney, in the time of Henry III.; and passed to the Pelhams. Remains exist of a manor-house, in late early English architecture, supposed to have been built by Walter de Scotney. Crowhurst Place was long the seat of the Pelhams; and is now the seat of T. Papillon, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £177.* Patron, T. Papillon, Esq. The church was partly rebuilt in 1794; and is very good. A yew tree in the churchyard is 27 feet in girth at 4 feet from the ground.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Crowhurst AP/CP Battle RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Crowhurst |
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