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LINCH, or LYNCH, a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex; on the Midhurst and Haslemere railway, 4½ miles N by W of Midhurst. Post town, Midhurst. Acres, 1,220. Real property, £733. Pop., 111. Houses, 19. The property is divided among a few. The manor was known at Domesday as Lince; belonged then to Ulric; passed to Viscount Montague,-afterwards to W. S. Poyntz, Esq.; and belongs now to the Earl of Egmont. A detached tract, called Linch House and Cottages, lies near Bepton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £81. Patron, the Earl of Egmont. The church is a plain building, mainly of about the year 1700; but has a curious E window of much older date.
(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: | Linch Parish Midhurst Poor Law Union/Registration District Sussex Ancient County |
| Place names: | LINCE | LINCH | LINCH OR LYNCH | LYNCH |
| Place: | Linch |
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