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Climping, Sussex

Historical Description

Climping, a parish in Sussex, at the mouth of the river Arun, 1 mile from Ford station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 4 miles SSW of Arundel. It has a post office under Little-hampton; money order and telegraph office, Littlehampton. Acreage, 2010 of land and 413 of tidal water and foreshore; population, 251. Lands here were held under Roger de Montgomery by the Norman abbey of Almenesches and St Martin at Seez. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; value, £222. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Early English, with circular windows above lancets, and has a Norman tower. It was restored in 1875. 27*

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySussex 
HundredAvisford 
Poor Law unionEast Preston 

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