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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described South Lancing like this:
LANCING (LOWER), a hamlet in Lancing parish, Sussex; on the coast, adjacent to Lancing r. station, 2½ miles W of Shoreham. It has a post-office, of the name of South Lancing, under Shoreham.
South Lancing is now part of ADUR District. Click here for graphs and data of how ADUR has changed over two centuries. For statistics about South Lancing itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of South Lancing, in Adur and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25266
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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