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WASHINGTON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Thakeham district, Sussex. The village stands 4½ miles WNW of Steyning r. station, and has a post-office under Hurstperpoint. The parish comprises 3,162 acres. Real property, £4,232; of which £53 are in quarries. Pop., 908. Houses, 186. The property is divided chiefly among four. Highden House belongs to SirGoring, Bart; and Rowdell House, to MajorF. Sandham. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £200.* Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church was restored in 1867.—The sub-district contains 9 parishes. Acres, 22,535. Pop., 4,189. Houses, 815.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Washington Parish Washington Registration Sub-District Thakenham Poor Law Union/Registration District Sussex Ancient County |
| Place: | Washington |
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