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.
THORNEY (West), a parish in Westbourne district, Sussex; within Chichester harbour, 3 miles SW of Bosham r. station, and 6½ WSW of Chichester. Post town, Emsworth. The area was insular, with 940 acres of land and 2,065 of foreshore; but works were in progress in 1865 to unite it with the mainland, and to reclaim about 2,000 acres of the foreshore. Real property, £1,808. Pop., 93. Houses, 23. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £320. Patron, F. Padwick, Esq. The church is plain.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | West Thorney CP/AP Westbourne RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
| Place names: | THORNEY | THORNEY WEST | WEST THORNEY |
| Place: | West Thorney |
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