Place:


Albourne  Sussex

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Albourne like this:

ALBOURNE, a parish in Cuckfield district, Sussex; 3½ miles W of Hassock's Gate r. station, and 6½ SW of Cuckfield. It has a post office under Hurstperpoint. Acres, 1,740. Real property, £2,641. Pop., 341. Houses, 68. The property is somewhat divided. Albourne Place is said to have been built by Archbishop Juxon, who attended Charles I. on the scaffold; and was the residence of the eccentric Sir R. Fagge The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £225.* Patron, John Goring, Esq. The church is good. Charities, £11.

Albourne through time

Albourne is now part of Mid Sussex district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Sussex has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Albourne itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Albourne in Mid Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8143

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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