Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fletching

Fletching, par. and vil., E. Sussex, on river Ouse, 8 miles N. of Lewes, 8522 ac., pop. 2213; P.O., T.O.; the church (Early English, with Norman tower) contains the tomb of Gibbon (1737-1794), the historian.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Fletching CP/AP       Sussex AncC
Place: Fletching

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