Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PIDDINGHOE

PIDDINGHOE, a parish in Lewes district, Sussex; on the river Ouse, adjacent to the Newhaven railway, 1¼mile N N W of Newhaven. It has a post-office under Lewes. Acres, 2, 658; of which 282 are water. Real property, £2, 310. Pop., 243. Houses, 49. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Sheffield. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £157. Patron, the Rev. J. Hutchins. The church consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with round tower and shingled spire.


(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: Piddinghoe Parish       Sussex Ancient County
Place: Piddinghoe

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