Forest Row, Sussex

Historical Description

Forest Row, an ecclesiastical district in the parish of East Grinstead, lying on the N side of Ashdown Forest. Population, 2200. There is a station on the L.B. & S.C.R., 34 miles from London, and three post offices, with money order and telegraph offices. The church was built in 1837, and there is also a mission church, and Congregational and Baptist chapels. The vicarage, worth £175 with residence, is in the gift of the Vicar of East Grinstead. The scenery is most lovely, and there are several fine residences in the neighbourhood. Ashdown Forest is a favourite resort of travellers and tourists. There is a golf club with about 400 members.

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 Forest Row from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Forest Row 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