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.
OVINGDEAN, a parish in Lewes district, Sussex:near the coast, 4½ miles E by S of Brighton r. station. It has a post-office under Brighton. Acres, 1, 618. Real property, £2, 220. Pop., 121. Houses, 21. The property is chiefly divided between two. The manor, with O. House, belongs to E. Macnaghton, Esq. Charles II.is said, but not on good evidence, to have lain concealed a short time at Ovingdean, after the battle of Worcester, and prior to his departure from Shoreham to France. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £345.* Patron, the Rev. A. Stead. The churchstands on a hill side; is partly Norman, partly early English; was recently restored; and consists of nave and chancel, with a porch and tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ovingdean CP/AP Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Ovingdean |
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