In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ovingdean like this:
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.
Ovingdean through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ovingdean, in Brighton and Hove and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8882
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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