Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EWHURST

EWHURST, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Battle district, Sussex. The village stands near the river Rother, 4 miles E by N of Robertsbridge r. station, and 6½ NE by N of Battle; and has a fair on 5 Aug. The parish comprises 5, 719 acres; and has a post office, of the name of Ewhurst-Green, under Hurst-Green. Real property, £6, 939. Pop., 1, 043. Houses, 218. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £784.* Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is partly early English, partly decorated; and was restored in 1869. There are a. Wesleyan chapel and a national school. -The sub-district contains also three other parishes. Acres, 12, 864. Pop., 2, 674. Houses, 549.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ewhurst CP/AP       Ewhurst SubD       Battle RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place: Ewhurst

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