Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTFIELD

WESTFIELD, a parish in Battle district, Sussex; 4 miles E of Battle r. station. It has a post-office under Battle, and a fair on 18 May. Acres, 4,272. Real property, £5,065. Pop., 883. Houses, 157. The property is divided among a few. Oaklands is the seat of H. B. Brabazon, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £372.* Patron, the Bishop ofThe church is early English.


(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: Westfield Parish       Battle Poor Law Union/Registration District       Sussex Ancient County
Place: Westfield

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