Little Horsted, Sussex

Historical Description

Horsted, Little, a village and a parish in Sussex, adjacent to the river Onse, and 2 miles from Isfield station on the L.B. & S.C.R. There is a post office under Uckfield; money order and telegraph office, Uckfield. Acreage, 2384; population, 265. The manor, Horsted House, and much of the property belong to the Barchard family. Horsted Place is a handsome mansion in the Tudor style, stands amid charming grounds, and commands beautiful views. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; gross value, £420 with residence. The church is Norman, in perfect condition, comprises nave and chancel, with embattled tower, contains an old carved font and some painted windows, was restored in 1863, and stands conspicuously on an eminence.

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 Little Horsted from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Little Horsted 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