East Dean (Chichester), Sussex

Historical Description

Dean, East, a parish in Sussex, under the Downs, 2¼ miles from Singleton station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 5½ NE of Chichester. Post town, Singleton under Chichester; money order and telegraph office, Singleton. Acreage, 4654; population, 303. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; value, £120. The church is ancient and cruciform, with central tower, and was restored in 1870. There is a Congregational chapel.

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 East Dean (Chichester) from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dean, East)

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