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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penhurst like this:
PENHURST, a parish in Battle district, Sussex; 3¾ miles W by N of Battle r. station. Post-town, Battle. Acres, 1, 462. Real property, £848. Pop., 105. Houses, 19. The property belongs to the Earl of Ashburnham. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Ashburnham, in the diocese of Chichester. The church is early English, and has a small tower.
Penhurst is now part of ROTHER District. Click here for graphs and data of how ROTHER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Penhurst itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Penhurst, in Rother and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8890
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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