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WISTON, a parish in Thakeham district, Sussex; 2 miles WNW of Steyning r. station. Post town, Steyning. Acres, 2,865. Real property, £2,777. Pop., 311. Houses, 57. W. Park is the seat of the Rev. J. Goring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £430.* Patron, the Rev, J. Goring. The church is chiefly decorated English. There is a free school.
(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: | Wiston Parish Thakenham Poor Law Union/Registration District Sussex Ancient County |
| Place: | Wiston |
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