Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWICK

NEWICK, a village and a parish in Lewis district, Sussex. The village stands near the river Ouse, 3½ miles W of Uckfield r. station; is a pretty place; and has a post-office‡ under Uckfield, and a fair on 1 June. The parish contains also the places called Painters, Lane-End, Schoolhouse, Goldbridge, Broomley, and Bretts. Acres, 1, 966. Real property, £3, 982. Pop., 991. Houses, 197. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Mrs. Lane. Newick Place, or Newick Park, belonged formerly to the Vernon family, and belongs now to J. H. Slater, Esq. Beechlands is the residence of W. H. Blaauw, Esq.; and Newick Lodge, of M. H. Archer, Esq. Lignite coal is found; hops are grown; and there is a small brewery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £387.* Patron, the Rev. T. B. Powell. The church is early English, ingood condition; and consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with low embattled tower. There are a Baptistchapel, a national school, and a girls' endowed school with £50 a year.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Newick AP/CP       Sussex AncC
Place: Newick

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