Fairlight, Sussex

Historical Description

Fairlight, a parish in Sussex, on the coast, about 2 miles from Ore station on the S.E.R., and 4 ENE of Hastings. which is the post town. Acreage, 2879 of land and 296 of foreshore and water; population, 478. Fairiight Glen is a picturesque, thickly-wooded glen, and has at its head the Dripping Well, overhung by a huge beech tree. This place is much frequented during the summer months by visitors from Hastings. Fairiight Down has an altitude of 599 feet, and commands a fine view both inland and along the coast. Fairiight Lodge, Fairiight Place, the Hall, and Woodcote are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; gross value, £46 8. The church was rebuilt in 1845.

Administration

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

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

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Fairlight from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Fairlight (St. Andrew))

Maps

Online maps of Fairlight are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online:

• 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