A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WARNHAM, a parish, with a village, in Horsham district, Sussex; 2¼ miles NNW of Horsham r. station. It has a post-office under Horsham, and a fair on Whit-Tuesday. Acres, 4,920. Real property, £5,253. Pop., 1,006. Houses, 187. W. Court is the seat of Sir J. H. Pelly, Bart. Field Place, Northlands, and West House also are chief residences; and the first was the birthplace of the poet Shelley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £315.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church is Norman, and was enlarged and repewed in 1848. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Warnham AP/CP Horsham RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Warnham |
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