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Henfield, Sussex

Historical Description

Henfield, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands on an eminence, near the river Adur, and has a station on the L.B. & S.C.R., 50 miles from London; is a picturesque place, with some good specimens of the old Sussex cottage; and has a post, money order, and telegraph office, and assembly rooms. The parish comprises 4439 acres; population, 2006. The manor belonged in the Saxon times to Earl Warbald, was given in 770 to the bishops of Chichester, had an ancient palace founded either before or soon after its coming to the bishops, and was known at Domesday as Hamfeldt. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £100 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is Decorated, Perpendicular, and Later English with a massive tower, was restored in 1871, and contains a curious monumental inscription to a child who died in 1627. There are a Congregational chapel and charities. Barrow Hill and Chestham Park are chief residences. A great many Southdown lambs are bred, and the pasture for cattle is very rich and 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 parishHenfield St. Peter 
HundredTipnoak 
Poor Law unionSteyning 

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DistrictHorsham
CountyWest Sussex
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtBN5
Post TownHenfield

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