Salehurst, Sussex
Historical Description
Salehurst, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands on the river Pother, 1½ mile NE of Robertsbridge station on the S.E.R., which is 6 miles N of Battle station, and has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Robertsbridge. The parish contains also Robertsbridge and Hurst Green, and comprises 6565 acres; population, 2061. At Robertsbridge there is a fortnightly market. Iridge Place is the chief residence. Silver Hill is a precipitous, eminence commanding an extensive view. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; net value £400 with residence. The church is Early English, and has been restored. There are Congregational, Wesleyan, and Calvinist chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Sussex | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Salehurst St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Henhurst | |
| Poor Law union | Ticehurst |
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 Salehurst from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Salehurst (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Salehurst 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: