Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LURGASHALL

LURGASHALL, a village and a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex. The village stands 5 miles NW of Petworth, and 5 SE of Haslemere r. station; and has a post office under Petworth. The parish includes a detached portion, called Bittlesham Cottage; and contains places called Rundhurst, Dial-Green, Hill-Grove, Old Mill, Boxland, Diddesfield, and Ramsfold. Acres, 4,850. Real property, £3,493. Pop., 727. Houses, 119. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £463. * Patron, Lord Leconfield. There is a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lurgashall CP/AP       Midhurst RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place: Lurgashall

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