A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PATCHING, a parish in Worthing district, Sussex; 2½ miles N N E of Angmering r. station, and 4¼ E by S of Arundel. It forms a hundred in the rape of Bramber; and has a post-office under Arundel. Acres, 1, 748. Real property, £1, 530. Pop., 275. Houses, 53. Most of the property is in one estate. Truffles abound inbeech woods here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £218.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is good, and was embellished in 1856.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Patching CP/AP East Preston RegD/PLU/Inc Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Patching |
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