Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HASSOCKS-GATE

HASSOCKS-GATE, a railway station, with telegraph, in Sussex; on the London and Brighton railway, under the South Downs, 1 mile NNE of Clayton tunnel, and 7 N of Brighton. An inu is near it; and it serves for Hurstperpoint, and for exploration of the rich scenery of the Downs; and is 3 miles NW of Ditchling Beacon, the highest point of the South Downs range. The word ' ' Hassock, '' in the local dialect, signifies a grove or a thick coppice.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway station, with telegraph"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Sussex AncC
Place: Hassocks

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