Willingdon, Sussex

Historical Description

Willingdon, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village has a station on the L.B. & S.C.R., 59 miles from London, and 2½ N by W of Eastbourne, with a post, money order, and telegraph office. The parish extends to the coast, and comprises 4321 acres; population of the civil parish, 1521; of the ecclesiastical, 830. There is a parish council consisting of twelve members. Ratton Park is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; gross value, £288 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church is Early English, has a tower and spire, and contains several ancient monuments. Langney Fort and Anthony Hill Tower are in this parish.

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 Willingdon from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Willingdon 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