In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Itchingfield like this:
ITCHINGFIELD, a village and a parish in Horsham district, Sussex, The village stands 1 mile W of a junction of railways, and 3 SW by W of Horsham; and it is connected with the hamlet of Barnes-Green. The parish includes both the village and the hamlet, and comprises 2, 470 acres. Post town, Horsham. ...
Real property, £1, 764. Pop., 377. Houses, 62. The land belongs chiefly to Sir Percy F. Shelley, Bait., and Charles Chitty, Esq. A dense forest was around the parsonage in the early part of last century, and gave refuge to some of the persons attainted for the Scotch rebellion of 1715. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £400.* Patron, Miss Louisa Scott. The church is Saxon or early Norman; has a rude low timber tower, seemingly of the late decorated period; and contains a handson e modern font. A very ancient font was, not long ago, exhumed from the churchyard. There are a national school, and charities £16.
Itchingfield through time
Itchingfield is now part of Horsham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Horsham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Itchingfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Itchingfield, in Horsham and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8722
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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