Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Broadwater

Broadwater, par. and vil., W. Sussex, 10 miles W. of Brighton, 2735 ac. and 374 foreshore, pop. 11,817; P.O.; the par. contains Worthing. It has a beautiful church, in the richest style of mingled Saxon and Norman ornamental architecture, containing some splendid monuments of the Delawarr family.


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

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Broadwater CP/AP       Sussex AncC
Place: Broadwater

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