•  Hollington, Sussex

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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hollington like this:

HOLLINGTON, a parish in Battle district, Sussex; near the Hastings and Tunbridge railway, 2 miles N by E of St. Leonards r. station, and 2½ NNW of Hastings. Post town, Hastings. Acres, 2, 470. Real property, £4, 083. Pop. in 1861, 531. Houses, 93. Pop. in 1866, about 900. The property is much subdivided. ...

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Beauport Park is the seat of Sir Archibald Lamb, Bart.; and contains a remarkably fine collection of conifera. Beech Farm belongs to James R. Lewis, Esq.; and has a remarkably large beech tree, which serves as a landmark to mariners. Numerous fine houses have recently been erected; among which are Beauchamp, Woodend, Fernside, Nutholme, High Beech, and the Vicarage. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £250.* Patron,J. Eversfield, Esq. The parochial church is ancient; stands in a wood of 200 acres; has been restored by Miss Dampier, in memory of her mother; and a memorial window to Sir Charles M. Lamb, Bart., was erected in it in 1862. St. John's church, in the lower part of the parish, was built in 1866 as a chapel of ease, at a cost of about £3, 500; and is a handsome edifice in the early English style. There is a parochial school. The parish of St. Leonard-on-the-Sea is supposed to have once been included in Hollington parish; being designated, in old documents, St. Leonards-inHollington.

Hollington through time

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