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.
Steyning.-- town and par. with ry. sta., Sussex, 5 miles NW. of Shoreham, 3414 ac., pop. 1672; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. The town stands at the foot of a hill 1 mile W. of the river Adur, and is a place of great antiquity, figuring as Stenyng in Alfred's will; it had a Benedictine priory founded by the Confessor, and sent 2 members to Parliament from the time of Edward I. till 1832. The church, a 12th century building, is of great interest. The grammar school was founded in 1614. The tide anciently rose as high as Steyning, whose harbour was the well-known Portus Cathmanni. The chief traffic is in cattle; there are markets every alternate Monday.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Steyning CP/AP Sussex AncC |
| Place: | Steyning |
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