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OFFHAM-STREET, a hamlet in Hamsey parish, Sussex; on the old Roman road, 2 miles N N W of Lewes. It has a post-office under Lewes. Chalk pits are adjacent to it; and remains are there of the earliest piece of railway formed in the S of England, an inclined plane for conveying the chalk of the pits to the Ouse river.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hamsey Parish Sussex Ancient County |
| Place: | Offham |
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