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Telscombe, Sussex

Historical Description

Telscombe, a parish in Sussex, on the coast, 3½ miles WNW of Newhaven station on the L.B. & S.C.R. Post town, Lewes. Acreage, 1181; population of the civil parish, 128; of the ecclesiastical, 369. Telscombe Tye was a Roman station, and is a meet of the Brighton harriers. The living is a rectory, with Piddinghoe annexed, in the diocese of Chichester; gross value, £310 with residence. The church is ancient.

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 parishTelscombe St. Lawrence 
HundredHolmstrow 
Poor Law unionNewhaven 

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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DistrictLewes
CountyEast Sussex
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtBN7
Post TownLewes

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