Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HANGLETON

HANGLETON, a parish in Steyning district, Sussex; under the South Downs, 1¼ mile NNE of Portslade r. station, and 3¼ NW by W of Brighton. Post town, Portslade, under Shoreham. Acres, 1, 318; of which £160 are water. Real property, £2, 638. Pop., 51. Houses, 7. The property is divided between two; and the greater part, with the manor, belongs to the Countess Delawarr. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £209. Patron, the Countess Delawarr. The church is early English, small, and in good condition.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hangleton Parish       Steyning Poor Law Union/Registration District       Sussex Ancient County
Place: Hangleton

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