Lavant, Sussex

Historical Description

Lavant, a parish in Sussex, with a station on the L.B. & S.C.B., 70 miles from London, and a post, money order, and telegraph office, under Chichester. Acreage, 4069; population, 787. The parish was formerly divided into East and Mid Lavant, but by Act of Parliament these were amalgamated in 1872, and by an Order in Council in 1880 now form one parish for all purposes. The church of St Nicholas is a small building of flint in the Early English style, and was restored in 1872. The living is a vicarage with the rectory of St Mary attached; net value, £290 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Richmond. The church of St Mary is a building of flint in the Early English style. There is an orphanage in the village for twenty poor girls. Lavant House is a chief residence.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Lavant from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Lavant, East and West (St. Mary))

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