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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.
POYNINGS, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Sussex. The village stands at the foot of the Devil's Dyke, 5 miles S W of Hassocks-Gate r. station, and 6 N W of Brighton; and has a post-office under Hurstperpoint. The parish comprises 1, 643 acres, and is in Steyning district. Real property, £1, 633. Pop., 261. Houses, 55. The manor and nearly all the land belong to the Crown. The Devil's Dyke is a greatchasm in the Downs, flanked by ground 685 feet high, and commanding magnificent views; has a tavern, called the Dyke House; and is a favourite resort of pleasureparties. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £347.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is of the 14th century, and cruciform; and has a massive tower. There are a Baptist chapel, and a village school. The hundred contains also two other parishes, and part of another; and is in the rape of Lewes. Acres, 8, 236. Pop. in 1851, 927. Houses, 179.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Poynings CP/AP Poynings Hundred Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Poynings |
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