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Findon, Sussex

Historical Description

Findon, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands near Cissbury Hill, 4 miles NNW of Worthing station on the L.B. & S.O.R., and 4 WSW of Steyning, is a pleasant place with fine environs, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Worthing, and two annual fairs. The parish comprises 4370 acres; population, 775. Findon Place belonged formerly to the Westwoods. The parish is a resort for sportsmen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; gross value, £20. Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church has Early English portions, contains two stone seats with intermediate door, and is good.

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 
Ecclesiastical parishFindon St. John the Baptist 
HundredBrightford 
Poor Law unionThakeham 

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Directories & Gazetteers

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DistrictArun
CountyWest Sussex
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtBN14
Post TownWorthing

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