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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Applesham	Sussex	Applesham , locality, W. Sussex, on river Adur, 1 mile NW. of Old Shoreham; a resort of sportsmen.	Bartholomew
  BRIGHTON	Sussex	Old Skene and at the railway station; four banking offices; and many hotels, inns, and lodging-houses, said to be capable of accommodating 40,000 visitors. A bi-weekly register of fashion used to be published on Wednesday and Saturday; and six weekly newspapers are issued on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Omnibuses run from the railway station to Hove and Kemp-Town; and an omnibus runs to Shoreham	Imperial
  CANTERBURY	Kent Surrey	Old Romney, St. MaryRomney-Marsh, Newchurch-Romney-Marsh, Ruckinge, Sevington, Shadoxhurst, Snargate, Snave, Warehorne, Wittrisham, and Woodchurch; the vicarages of Appledore, Brenzett, Brookland, Lydd, Lympne, St. MarySellinge, Stone, and Willesborough; and the p. curacies of Smeeth, Bilsington, Ebony, and Fairfield. The deanery of Ospringe includes the rectories of Badlesmere, Leaveland, Eastling, Hever, Luddenham, Norton, and Otterden; the vicarages of Boughton-under-Blean, Doddington, Faversham, Goodnestone, Graveney, Hernhill, Linstead, Newnham, Ospringe, Preston-by-Faversham, Selling, Sheldwick, Stalesfield, Teynham, and Throwley; the p. curacies of Isle of Harty, and Oure; and the donative of Davington. The deanery of Sandwich includes the rectories	Imperial
  CHICHESTER	Sussex	Shoreham, and Old Shoreham; and the p. curacy of Keymer. The fifth group comprises the rectories of Falmer, Stanmer, Hamsey	Imperial
  HENFIELD	Sussex	Shoreham railway, 4½ miles NNE of Steyning; is a picturesque place, with some good specimens of the old Sussex	Imperial
  HURSTPERPOINT	Sussex	old trees. Pakynsmans, ½ a mile W of the village, is the old house of the Borrer family. A circular camp, probably early British, is on Wolstanbury Hill, at the back of Danny Park. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £1, 000. * Patron, the Rev.Borrer. The church was rebuilt from designs by Sir Charles Barry; is in the early decorated English style; and contains some ancient monuments. The churchyard commands views eastward to Ashdown forest, and northward to Leith Hill in Surrey. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a large middle class school	Imperial
  KNOCKHOLT, or NOCKHOLT	Kent	Shoreham r. station, and 5 NW of Sevenoaks; is a straggling but pleasant place; and. has a post office under Sevenoaks. The parish comprises 1, 683 acres. Real property, £2, 377. Pop., 617. Houses, 133. The property is much subdivided. Knockholt House is the seat of G. S. Stainman, Esq.; and Burlings, the Grange, and Scotts Lodge, are other chief residences. A clump of very old	Imperial
  LULLINGSTONE	Kent	old castle, sometimes called Shoreham Castle, was held by the Aldhams, under the Archbishops of Canterbury; stood on a spot	Imperial
  Old Shoreham	Sussex	Old Shoreham , 1 mile N. of Shoreham, Sussex; P.O. See SHOREHAM, OLD.	Bartholomew
  SHOREHAM	Sussex	SHOREHAM , a town, two parishes, and a sub-district, in Steyning district, Sussex. The town stands on the coast, at the mouth of the river Adur, and on the South Coast railway, at the junction of the line to Horsham, 6 miles W of Brighton; was originally situated in Old	Imperial
  Shoreham, Old	Sussex	Shoreham, Old , par. and vil., Sussex - par., 1920 ac., pop. 248; vil., 1 mile NW. of Shoreham; P.O.	Bartholomew
  Shoreham, (or New Shoreham)	Sussex	Shoreham .-- (or New Shoreham ), market town, seaport, and par., Sussex, at mouth of river Adur (here crossed by a suspension bridge), 6 miles W. of Brighton and 56½ SW. of London by rail, 116 ac., pop. 3505; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Saturday . The town of Shoreham was originally situated in Old	Bartholomew

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