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Hollington, Sussex

Historical Description

Hollington, a parish in Sussex, 2 miles N by E of St Leonards.and 2½ NNW of Hastings station on the L.B. & S.C.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Hastings. Acreage, 2463; population of the civil parish, 2056; of the ecclesiastical, 2056. Beanport Park is the seat of the Lamb family, and contains a remarkably fine collection of conifera. A great beech tree which served as a landmark was burnt in 1889. There are many fine residences in the neighbourhood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; value, £180 with residence. The parochial church is ancient, but has been restored. St John's Church, in the lower part of the parish, was built in 1866 as a chapel of ease at a cost of about £3500, and is a handsome edifice in the Early English style. There is a Wesleyan chapel. The parish of St Leonard-on-the-Sea is supposed to have once been included in Hollington parish, being designated in old documents St Leonards-in-HoIlington.

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 parishHollington St. Lawrence 
HundredBaldslow 
Poor Law unionBattle 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

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DistrictHastings
CountyEast Sussex
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtTN38
Post TownSt. Leonards-On-Sea

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