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Buxted, par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Sussex, 1½ mile NE. of Uckfield, 8961 ac. (30 water), pop. 1934; P.O.; was formerly one of the great "iron towns" of the Weald. The first cannons cast in England were manufactured here in 1543. In the par. is Buxted Park.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Buxted Parish Sussex Ancient County |
| Place: | Buxted |
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