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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hassocks like this:
HASSOCKS-GATE, a railway station, with telegraph, in Sussex; on the London and Brighton railway, under the South Downs, 1 mile NNE of Clayton tunnel, and 7 N of Brighton. An inu is near it; and it serves for Hurstperpoint, and for exploration of the rich scenery of the Downs; and is 3 miles NW of Ditchling Beacon, the highest point of the South Downs range. The word ' ' Hassock, '' in the local dialect, signifies a grove or a thick coppice.
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Ditchling | 0 | 3 |
Clayton | 0 | 2 |
Hurstpierpoint | 0 | 2 |
Keymer | 0 | 2 |
Pyecombe | 0 | 3 |
Burgess Hill | 0 | 2 |
Newtimber | 0 | 2 |
St Johns Common | 0 | 2 |
Albourne | 0 | 2 |
Westmeston | 0 | 2 |
Poynings | 0 | 3 |
Streat | 0 | 4 |
Woodmancote | 0 | 2 |
Plumpton | 0 | 2 |
Twineham | 0 | 2 |
Stanmer | 0 | 2 |
Dean | 0 | 2 |
Fulking | 0 | 2 |
Patcham | 0 | 2 |
Tipnoak | 0 | 2 |