Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Hammerwood like this:

Hammerwood, eccl. dist., East Grinstead par., E. Sussex, pop. 425; contains Hammerwood Lodge, seat, 3 miles E. of East Grinstead, and surrounded by a fine park.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Hammerwood by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

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