Guestling, Sussex

Historical Description

Guestling, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands 4 miles from Hastings station on the L.B. & S.C.R. and S.E.R. It is partly situated on an acclivity commanding fine views; consists of numerous detached houses and a few villas, and has a post office of the name of Guestling Green under Hastings; money order and telegraph office, Ore. Acreage of parish, 3578; population, 801. Broomham is an ancient seat of the Ashbumhams, and has a richly-wooded park. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; value, £420 with residence. Patron, Clare College, Cambridge. The church was destroyed by fire 23 March, 1890, but has been restored. There are an endowed school and some small almshouses.

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 Guestling from the following:

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

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