In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ditchling like this:
DITCHLING, or Ditchelling, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Lewes district, Sussex. The village stands near the Roman road to Pevensey, 1¼ mile E of Hassocks-Gate r. station, and 3 ESE of Hurstperpoint; has a post office under Hurstperpoint, and fairs on 6 April and 12 Oct.; and was once a market-town. ...
The parish comprises 4, 183 acres. Real property, £5, 901. Pop., 1, 082. Houses, 220. The property is divided among a few. Ditchling Beacon is the highest ground of the South chalk downs of Sussex; has an altitude of 858 feet above sea-level; is crowned with remains of a square camp, probably Roman; and commands a very extensive and grand view. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £200.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is cruciform, partly transition-Norman, partly early English. There are a Unitarian chapel, a national school, a workhouse, and charities £46. -The sub-district contains five parishes. Acres, 17, 814. Pop., 3, 948. Houses, 662.
Ditchling through time
Ditchling is now part of Lewes district. Click here for graphs and data of how Lewes has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ditchling itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ditchling, in Lewes and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8330
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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