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A vision of Britain through time
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FELPHAM, a village and a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex. The village stands on the coast, near the Bognor railway, 1 mile NE of Bognor; and has a post office under Bognor. The parish includes also the hamlets of Flansham and Ankton. Acres, 2, 254; of which 202 are water. Real property, £4, 992. Pop., 592. Houses, 119. The property is divided among a few. The low lands here are liable to inundation by the sea. The poet Hayley inhabited a villa near the centre of the village, and was buried in the churchyard. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £166.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church has portions of various periods, with a later English tower; contains a marble tablet to Hayley, with inscription by Mrs. Opie; and was recently repaired. The churchyard has a monument to Cyril Jackson, the early preceptor of George IV., and dean of Christchurch, Oxford.
(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: | Felpham AP/CP Westhampnett RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Felpham |
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