Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BURY

BURY, a parish and a hundred in Sussex. The parish is in Chichester district; lies on the river Arun, 1¼ mile NW of Amberley r. station, and 5 SSE of Petworth; includes the tything of West Burton; and has a post office under Petworth. Acres, 3,340. Real property, £4,046. Pop., 500. Houses, 109. Bury Hill here is crowned with a large barrow. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £300*. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. The church was recently restored. There are national schools, and charities £40.-The hundred is in the rape of Arundel; and contains eight parishes and part of another. Pop., 4,125. Houses, 803.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bury CP/AP       Bury HalfHundred/Hundred       Sussex AncC
Place: Bury

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