Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Heathfield

Heathfield, par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Sussex, 8 miles N. of Hailsham, 8032 ac., pop. 1995; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity are the seats of Heathfield Park (once the property of General Elliot, of Gibraltar fame) and Heathfield Lodge; also Heathfield (or Gibraltar) Tower, 590 ft. above sea-level, erected in memory of General Elliot.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Heathfield AP/CP       Sussex AncC
Place: Heathfield

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