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HANDCROSS, a hamlet in Slaugham parish, Sussex; on the east verge of St. Leonard's Forest, 4½ miles NW of Cuckfield. It has a post office under Crawley. Handcross House was the seat of General Blake.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Slaugham Parish Sussex Ancient County |
| Place: | Handcross |
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