A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
PYECOMBE, or Piecombe, a village and a parish in Cuckfield district, Sussex. The village stands adjacent to the Clayton tunnel of the London and Brighton railway, 2½ miles S by W of Hassocks-Gate r. station, and 5½ N by W of Brighton; is sheltered, on the N and the W, by the Downs; and has a post-office under Hurst-perpoint. The parish comprises 2, 249 acres. Real property, £2,046; of which £234 are in quarries. Pop., 283. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few. The manor and much of the land belong to the Crown. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £345.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there is a national school.
(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: | Pyecombe AP/CP Cuckfield RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place names: | PIECOMBE | PYECOMBE | PYECOMBE OR PIECOMBE |
| Place: | Pyecombe |
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