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Dean, West (All Saints)

DEAN, WEST (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Eastbourne, hundred of Willington, rape of Pevensey, county of Sussex, 2 miles (E.) from Seaford; containing 129 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the south by the English Channel, and comprises by computation 2222a. 38p., of which about 1022 acres are arable, 372 meadow and marsh, and 826 down land: along the western boundary runs the river Cuckmere, over which, at Excette, formerly a parish of itself, is a bridge communicating with the Seaford road. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £14. 15. 5., and in the patronage of the Earl of Burlington; net income, £102. The church is in the decorated English style, with an embattled tower surmounted by a low spire: close to the churchyard is the parsonage, an ancient house with a curious winding staircase of stone. At Charlston House was once a chapel.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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