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.
NETHERFIELD, a hamlet and a chapelry in Battle parish, Sussex. The hamlet lies 3¼ miles W N W of Battle r. station, and has a post-office under Battle. The chapelry was constituted in 1862. Pop., about 500. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £119.* Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church was built in 1860, after designs by S. S. Teulon; is abeautiful edifice; has a very fine carved stone and marblereredos; has also four painted windows in the chancel, the E one of which is a memorial window; and, together with parsonage and schools, was erected and endowed by Lady Webster, in memory of her deceased husband Sir God frey Webster, Bart.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Battle CP/AP Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Netherfield |
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