Burton or Bodexton, Sussex

Historical Description

Burton or Bodexton, a parish in Sussex, on the river Rother and the Arundel Canal, 1 mile from Petworth station on the L.B. & S.C.R. Post town, Petworth, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 810; population of the civil parish, 57; of the ecclesiastical, 141. Burton Park is the seat of the Biddulphs. The living is a rectory, united with the perpetual curacy of Coates, in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £120.

Administration

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

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Burton or Bodexton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Burton or Bodekton)

Newspapers and Periodicals

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• Mid Sussex Times
• Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal
• Sussex Agricultural Express
• Hastings and St Leonards Observer
• Sussex Advertiser
• Brighton Gazette
• Bexhill-on-Sea Observer