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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Flimwell like this:
FLIMWELL, a hamlet in Ticehurst parish, and a chapelry in Ticehurst, Etchingham, and Hawkhurst parishes, Sussex. The hamlet lies 2 miles ENE of Ticehurst village, and 3½ N of Etchingham r. station; and has a post office under Hurst-Green. The chapelry was constituted in 1841. Pop., 811. Houses, 146. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £130.* Patron, the Bishop of Chichester.
Flimwell is now part of ROTHER District. Click here for graphs and data of how ROTHER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Flimwell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Flimwell, in Rother and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23721
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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