Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DEAN (East)

DEAN (East), a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; under the downs, 5 miles N of Drayton r. station, and 5¾ NNE of Chichester. Post town, Singleton, under Chichester. Acres, 4, 647. Real property, £1, 846. Pop., 343. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £86. Patron, the Rev. Henry Cogan. The church is ancient and cruciform, with central tower. There is a parochial school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: East Dean AP/CP       Westhampnett RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place names: DEAN     |     DEAN EAST     |     EAST DEAN
Place: East Dean

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