Trotton, Sussex

Historical Description

Trotton, a parish, with a village, in Sussex, 1 mile NE of Elsted station on the L. & S.W.R., and 3 miles W by N of Midhurst. Post town, Petersfield. Acreage, 3594; population of the civil parish, 451; of the ecclesiastical, 353. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; gross value, £200 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1400, and is a stone edifice with a massive tower and spire. It contains some most interesting brasses and monuments. The poet Otway was a native.

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.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Trotton from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Trotton 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