In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Buttinghill like this:

BUTTINGHILL, a hundred in the rape of Lewes, Sussex. It lies round Cuckfield and Hurstperpoint; and contains twelve parishes. Acres, 60,456. Pop. in 1851, 15,123. Houses, 2,547.

Buttinghill through time

Buttinghill is now part of MID SUSSEX District. Click here for graphs and data of how MID SUSSEX has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Buttinghill itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Buttinghill, in Mid Sussex and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20719

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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