Friston, Sussex

Historical Description

Friston, a parish in Sussex, on the sea-coast, near Beachy Head, 3½ miles WSW of Eastbourne station on the L.B. & S.C.R. Post town, Eastbourne. Acreage, 1439; population, 92. Friston Place is a mansion chiefly of the 17th century, and possesses features of interest. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of East Dean, in the diocese of Chichester. Patrons, the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Chichester alternately. The church is good, and; was restored in 1891.

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 Friston from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Friston 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