In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Peasmarsh like this:
PEASEMARSH, a village and a parish in Rye district, Sussex. The village stands 3 miles N W of Rye r.station; and has a post-office under Staplehurst, and afair on 1 June. The parish comprises 3, 718 acres. Real property, £5, 999; of which £15 are in quarries. Pop., 906. Houses, 194. ...
P. Place is the seat of H. M. Curteis, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £261.* Patron, Sidney-Sussex college, Cambridge. The church stands in a well-wooded park, about a mile from the village; is Norman and early English; and was recently restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £16.
Peasmarsh through time
Peasmarsh is now part of Rother district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rother has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Peasmarsh itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Peasmarsh, in Rother and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8889
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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