Cliffe, Cliffe by Lewes, or St Thomas at Cliffe, Sussex

Historical Description

Cliffe, Cliffe-by-Lewes, or St Thomas-at-Cliffe, a parish in Sussex, near the river Ouse and the L.B. & S.C.R., in the eastern vicinity of Lewes, which is the post town. Population, 1559. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; value, £200 with residence. Patron, theLord Chancellor. The church, dedicated to St Thomas A'Becket, is good.

Civil Registration

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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• 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