In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wisborough Green like this:
WISBOROUGH-GREEN, a parish, with four hamlets, in Petworth district, Sussex; on the Arun and Wey canal, 3 miles W by N of Billingshurst r. station, and 6 NE of Petworth. It has a post-office under Horsham, and a workhouse. Acres, 8,484. Real property, £8,814; of which £603 are in the canal. ...
Pop. in 1861, 1,682; of whom 43 were in the workhousehouse. Houses, 328. Burchett Park is the seat of W. R. Rogers, Esq. Drunswich Place was a seat of the early Bishops of Chichester. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £440.* Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is early English. A chapel of ease is at Loxwood. There is a national school.
Wisborough Green through time
Wisborough Green is now part of Chichester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chichester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wisborough Green itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wisborough Green, in Chichester and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9063
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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