Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FISHBOURNE (New)

FISHBOURNE (New), a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; on Chichester harbour and the South Coast railway, 1¼ mile W of Chichester. It has a post office, of the name of Fishbourne, under Chichester. Acres, 610. Real property, £2, 485. Pop., 341. Houses, 80. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £189. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early English, and very good.


(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: New Fishbourne Parish       Westhampnett Poor Law Union/Registration District       Sussex Ancient County
Place names: FISHBOURNE     |     FISHBOURNE NEW     |     NEW FISHBOURNE
Place: New Fishbourne

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