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A vision of Britain through time
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PLUMPTON, or Plumpton-Boskage, a village and a parish in Lewes district, Sussex. The village standsunder the South downs, 1¾ mile S by W of a station ofits own name on the Haywards-Heath and Lewes railway, and 4¼ N W by W of Lewes; and has a post-office under Hurstperpoint. The parish comprises 2, 423 acres. Real property, £2, 390. Pop., 404. Houses, 50. The property is subdivided. The manor and much of the land belong to the Earl of Chichester. P. Place, an oldmoated house, was the seat of the Mascalls; one of whomis said, in the time of Henry VIII., to have introducedthe carp to England from the Danube, as well as the golden pippin apple. P. Plains command a very fine view, which was highly eulogised by the naturalist Ray. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £380.* Patron, the Rev. W. Woodward. The church has a tower and spire; and, with the chancel, was lately restored.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Plumpton AP/CP Sussex AncC |
| Place names: | PLUMPTON | PLUMPTON BOSKAGE | PLUMPTON OR PLUMPTON BOSKAGE |
| Place: | Plumpton |
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