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toys; Aug. 2, horses; Aug. 3, 4, fruit and pedlary; Nov. 13, horses, cattle, and toys.

KINGSWOOD, in Ewell parish, and popula. included therein. 4 miles dis

tant S.

LAMBETH, 1 mile W.S.W. from Lon

don. Popula. 57,638. LEATHERHEAD, 18 miles S.W. from London, and 4 miles N. from Dorking. Popula. 1,478. Fair, Old Michaelmasday, Oct. 10, horses and cattle, &c.

LEIGH, 3 miles S. W. from Reigate. Popula. 453.

was an Hospital continued here until the year 1551, when their proctor, William Cleybroke, had a protection or license to beg.

NORMANDY, in Ash parish, and popula. included therein. 2 miles distant

N.E.

NUTFIELD, 34 miles E. from Reigate.
Popula. 707.

OAKSHOT, in Stoke-D'Abernon parish,
and popula. included therein. 14 mile
distant N.

OCKHAM, 6 miles N.E. from Guildford.
Popula. 565.

OCKLEY, 54 miles S. from Dorking. Po

pula. 642. Fair, May 22.

OXTED, 8 miles E. from Reigate. Popula. 777.

PECKHAM, in Camberwell parish, and

LINGFIELD, 9 miles S.E. from Reigate. Popula. 1,684. Fairs, May 12, June 29, July 15, Oct. 10, cattle and pedlary. Here there was a College, built in the time of Hen. VI., by Reginald Cobham; income 791. 15s. 10d. yearly, now worth 1,595l. 17s. 6d.; granted, 38 Hen. VIII., to Thomas Cawarden. LIMPSFIELD, 2 miles W. from Westerham. Popula. 918. Fair, May 22. MALDEN, 3 miles S.E. from Kingston. Popula. 250. MERROW, 2 miles N.E. from Guildford. PERRY-HILL, in Worplesdon parish, and Popula. 240.

popula. included therein. mile distant E. Fair, Aug. 21, for toys, &c. PENGE, in Battersea parish, and popula. included therein. 6 miles distant S.E., and 3 miles E. from Streatham. PEPER-HARROW, 24 miles W. from Godalming. Popula. 130.

popula. included therein.

MERSTHAM, 3 miles N.E. from Reigate. PETERSHAM, 24 miles N. from KingPopula. 796.

MERTON, 8 miles S.W. from London. Popula. 1,177. Here there was an Austin Priory, founded in the year 1117, by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey; yearly value 1,039. 5s. Sd., now worth 20,7851. 5s.

MICKLEHAM, 2 miles S. from Leatherhead. Popula. 505.

MITCHAM, 3 miles N.W. from Croydon.

Popula. 4,453. Fair, Aug. 12, toys. MORDON, 4 miles W.N.W. from Croydon. Popula. 638.

MORTLAKE, 7 miles W.S.W. from Lon-
don. Popula. 2,484. Fair, July 19,
toys, &c.

MOULSEY (East), 3 miles W. from
Kingston. Popula. 526.

MOULSEY (West), 34 miles W. from
Kingston. Popula. 430.

NEWDIGATE, 5 miles S. from Dorking.
Popula. 579.

NEWINGTON (St. Mary), 1 mile S.
from Londen. Popula. 33,017. There

ston. Popula. 516.

PITFOLD, in Frensham parish, and po-
pula. included therein.

PUTNEY, 6 miles S.W. from London.
Popula. 3,394.

PUTTENHAM, 4 miles W.S.W. from
Guildford. Popula. 389.

PURBRIGHT, 5 miles N.W. from Guild-
ford. Popula. 472.

PYRFORD, 5 miles S. from Chertsey.

Popula. 294.

REIGATE, 21 miles S.S.W. from London.

Popula. 2,961. Market, Tues.; fairs, Whit-Monday, for bullocks and horses; Dec. 9, first Wednesday in every month, a market for cattle; Sept. 14. Here there was an Austin Priory or Hospital, founded by William de Warren, Earl of Surrey; income 78l. 16s. 10d., now worth 1,5761. 16s. 8d.; granted, 33 Hen. VIII., to William Lord Howard. Not a corporate town, but sends two members to parliament: right of election in the freeholders: number of voters, about 200, now the property of two individuals.

RICHMOND, 34 miles N. from King

ston. Popula. 5,994.

RIPLEY.-See Send. 2 miles distant N.E. Fairs, Nov. 11, cattle, sheep, pigs, and pedlary.

ROTHERHITHE, 1 mile E. from London-Bridge. Popula. 12,523. RUNFOLD, in Farnham parish, and popula. included therein. 24 miles distant E.N.E.

RUNWICK, in Farnham parish, and po

pula. included therein. SANDERSTEAD, 3 miles S. from Croydon. Popula. 189.

SEAL with TONGHAM, 34 miles E. from
Farnham. Popula. 364. At this place
there was an Austin Priory, built in the
year 1075, by William de Braiosa; va-
lued at 261. 9s. 9d. yearly, now worth
5291. 15s.; granted to the College of
Oxford.

SEND and RIPLEY, 35 miles N.N.E.
from Guildford. Popula. 1,283.
SHALFORD, 1 mile S. from Guildford.
Popula. 744.

SHEEN, in Mortlake parish, and popula.
included therein. 1 mile distant S.

Here there was a Carthusian Priory,
founded in the year 1414, by Hen. V.;
income 962l. 11s. 6d., now worth
19,251l. 10s.; granted, 32 Hen. VIII.,
to Edward Earl of Hertford.

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SHERE, 44 miles E.S.E. from Guildford.
Popula. 1,077.
SOUTHWARK.-See London, Middlesex.
Popula. 85,905. Its parishes are
follow-Christchurch, St. George, St.
John, St. Olave, St. Saviours, and St.
Thomas. For fairs, also, see London.
Southwark is a borough, under the ju-
risdiction of the corporation of London.
Sends two members to parliament: right
of election is in the inhabitants paying
scot and lot: number of voters, about
3,000. Here there were the following
religious houses: - St. Mary-Overy,
Austin Priory, built on the ruins of an
ancient Nunnery, that was founded by
Mary, and endowed with the profits of
a ferry on the Thames; value 6561.
10s. Od. yearly, now worth 13,130.
Os. 10d.; granted, 36 Hen. VIII., to
Sir Antony Brown. Overy Hospital, or
St. Thomas's, founded about the year
1228, by the Bishop of Winchester,
Peter de Rupibus; value 3091. 1s. 11d.
yearly, now worth 6,181, 18s. 4d.; con-

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tained, 30 Hen. VIII., beds, food, and
firing, for forty poor and sick persons,
when it was given up.
STOCKWELL, in Lambeth parish, and
popula. included therein. 2 miles dis-
tant S.
STOKE-D'ABERNON, 24 miles N.E.
from Leatherhead. Popula. 317.
STOKE next Guildford, 1 mile N. from
Guildford. Popula. 1,120.

STREATHAM, 54 miles S. from London.
Popula. 3,616.

SUTTON, 34 miles W. from Croydon.
Popula. 911.

TALWORTH, in Long-Ditton parish, and
popula. included therein. 1 mile dis-
tant E.

TANDRIDGE, 8 miles E. from Reigate. Popula. 421. Here there was an Austin Priory, founded in the time of Rich. I., and much contributed to by Odo de Dammartin; rents 861. 7s. 6d., now worth 1,7271. 10s.; granted, 29 Hen. VIII., to John Rede.

TATSFIELD, 24 miles N.W. from Wes

tersham. Popula. 174.

THAMES-DITTON.-See Ditton-Thames.
THORPE, 2 miles N.W. from Chertsey.

Popula. 509. Fair. May 29, pedlary. THURSLEY, 5 miles S.W. from Godalming. Popula. 608.

TILFORD, in Farnham parish, and po

pula. included therein. 3 miles distant S.E.

TITSEY, 2 miles W.N.W. from Wes-
terham. Popula. 167.

TONGHAM.-See Seal. 1 mile distant
N.W.

TOOTING-GRAVENEY, 63 miles S.S.W.
from London. Popula. 1,863.
VAUXHALL, in Lambeth parish, and po-
pula. included therein.
WALTON-ON-THE-HILL, 5 miles S.E.
from Ewell. Popula. 314.
WALTON-UPON-THAMES, 6 miles S. W.
Fair,
from Kingston. Popula. 1,891.
Wed. in Easter-week, horses, cattle,
and sheep.
WALWORTH, in Newington parish, and
popula. included therein. 1 mile dis-
tant S.E.
WANBOROUGH (Extra Par.), 4 miles
W. from Guildford. Popula. 107. Fair,
Sept. 4, horses, cattle, and sheep.

WANDSWORTH, 5 miles S.W. from London. Popula. 6,702. Fairs, Mon., Tues., and Wed. in Whit-week, horses, and toys.

WARLINGHAM, 5 miles S. from Croydon. Popula. 421. WAVERLEY (Extra Par.), 14 mile S.E. from Farnham. Popula 58. Here there was a Cistercian Abbey, founded in the year 1128, by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester; value 1961. 13s. 11d. yearly, now worth 3,9331. 18s. 4d.; granted, 28 Hen. VIII., to Sir William Fitz-Williams.

WITLEY, 24 miles S.S.W. from Godalming. Popula. 1,264.

WOKING, 5 miles N. from Guildford.

Popula. 1,810. Market, Tues.; fair,
Whit-Tuesday, toys.

WOLDINGHAM, 44 miles W.N.W. from
Westerham. Popula. 47.

WOLLINGTON, in Beddington parish, and popula. included therein. mile distant S.

WONERSH, 3 miles S.S.W. from Guildford. Popula. 918.

WEST-END, in Worplesdon parish, and WOTTON-LOW-HILL and UPHILL, 3

popula. included therein.

WESTON, in Thames-Ditton parish, and popula. included therein. 1 mile distant S.W.

miles W.S.W. from Dorking. Popula.

589.

WOODMANSTERNE, 5 miles S.W. from Croydon. Popula. 171.

WEYBRIDGE, 24 miles S.E. from Chert- WORPLESDON, 3 miles N. from Guildsey. Popula. 897. ford. Popula. 1,276.

WIMBLEDON, 8 miles S.W. from Lon- WRECKLESHAM, in Farnham parish,

don. Popula. 2,195.

WINDLESHAM, 7 miles S.W. from
Chertsey. Popula. 1,590.
WISLEY, 4 miles S.E. from Chertsey.
Popula. 141.

and popula. included therein. 1 mile distant S.S.W.

WYKE, in Worplesdon parish, and po pula. included therein.

SUSSEX.

THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX is bounded on the North by Surrey and Kent; on the East by Kent; on the South by the English Channel; and on the West by Hampshire. It is 70 miles long, and about 28 miles broad. It is divided into 6 rapes, namely, Arundel, Bramber, Chichester, Hastings, Lewes, Pevensey. Its principal rivers are, the Arun, the Adur, the Ouse, the Rother, the Rye, and the Cockmere. It has 18 market-towns: Arundel, Battle, Bramber, Brighton, Chichester, Cuckfield, Grinstead, Hailsham, Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, Midhurst, Petworth, Rye, Seaford, Shoreham, Steyning, and Winchelsea. It is in the PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, and partly in that DIOCESE, but mostly in the DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER, and it is in the HOME CIRCUIT. Sussex sends

28 members to parliament; 2 for the county, 2 for the city of Chichester; and 2 for each of the boroughs of Arundel, Bramber, Grinstead, Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, Midhurst, Rye, Seaford, Shorebam, Steyning, Winchelsea. It contains 1,463 square miles, or 936,320 acres, and 310 parishes. It had 30 monastic establishments, and 26 public charities; it has 3 parishes with no churches; 32 parishes containing less than 100 inhabitants each; 54 parishes with no parsonage-houses; 60 parishes with parsonage-houses, which, in a return made to parliament in 1818, the incumbents represent as unfit for them to live in; the poor-rates were, in 1818, 356,5491. 13s. 114d,; the number of paupers, 26,323; the rental of the county,. according to a return made to parliament

in 1818, was 915,3481. 1s. 7d.; the population, according to a return laid before parliament in 1821, was 233,019; the number of inhabited houses in 1821 was 36,283; the number of uninhabited houses at the same period, 1,272; the poor-rates bear the proportion of one-third compared with the rental; the number of paupers, compared with the number of houses, is 1 to every 2 the poor-rates, in 1776, were 53,4991.; the number of persons to every square mile of this county is 159; the number of acres to a person, S; the number of acres to a house, 26; the male population, in 1821, was 116,705; the families employed in agriculture were 21,920 in number; the families employed in trade or handicraft were 15,463 in number; the number of other families was 6,182; the agricultural male population, 58,721; able labourers, 29,360; the number of acres in this county to every able-bodied labourer, 31. This county is hilly near the sea-coast, or southern border, where there is a ridge of hilly downs, called the South-Downs. It may be divided into four classes of soil: the sandy, on the North, or borders of Surrey; the clay, along the middle, from one end to the other, called the Weald, and the chalk, the whole of the South-Downs, extending from the borders of Hampshire, that is, a little to the south of Midhurst, and running, by Ditchling and Lewes, to the coast on the south of Hailsham. The sandy district consists of arable, wood, and waste; of the two former nearly equal parts, and a good deal of the latter. Oak is the principal timber, and birch, in many places, constitutes a large part of the underwood. The arable produces good crops of corn, but it is but ill-farmed, the farmer be. ing woodman, husbandman, herdsman, warrener, and frequently smuggler, all at the same time. The clay district, or Weald, is a fine district of oak timber and bazel underwood, reaching from a little on the north of Rye to Horsham, and then into Surrey near Haslemere. This district is interspersed with pretty corn-fields, growing excellent wheat and beans, and, in some places, hops; but not above one-third of it is arable land. The chalk, or South-Downs, is the most beautiful range of smooth grass-land that can be imagined. Nor is it all grass-land, for many and very beautiful farms are carved out amongst the hills, with elegant farm-houses and complete farmi-yards in the pretty valleys

between them. These are essentially sheep-farms, and, though wheat, barley, and oats are produced in them, their main riches have always been on the excellent breed of sheep raised on them, and which bear the name of the Downs themselves. The Sussex horned cattle are small, but very well made, and the cows are excellent milkers. The sheep are those above-mentioned; they are hornless, with black face and legs, the neck clean, and body not long or large, but remarkably round. They are excellent in flesh, and their wool is very fine. This sort of sheep is more general than any other in Sussex, though there are to be found flocks of the Dorset, and also flocks of the Romney-Marsh breeds. Neither the hogs nor the horses are peculiar. There are no mines in the County; the manufactures are gun-pow der, at Battle; paper on the eastern borders; charcoal in the Weald and in the northern part; soap, potash, blankets at different places, but not to an extensive degree.

ALBOURN, 6 miles N.E. from Steyning. ALDINGBOURN, 4 miles E. from ChiPopula. 360. chester. Popula. 855. ALCESTON, 44 miles N.N.E. from Seaford. Popula. 247. ALFRISTON, 3 miles N.W. from Seaford. Popula. 648. Fairs, May 12, Nov. 30, pedlary.

ALMODINGTON.-See Earnley. AMBERLEY, 4 miles N.N.E. from Arundel. Popula. 548.

ANGMERING, 4 miles S.E. from Arundel. Popula. 897. Fair, July 30, pedlary.

APPLEDRAM, 1 mile S. from Chichester. Popula. 133. ARDINGLEY, 6 miles S.W. from EastGrinstead. Popula. 579. Fair, May 30, pedlary.

ARLINGTON, 3 miles S.W. from Hailsham. Popula. 614. ARUNDEL, 57 miles S.S.W. from Lon

don. Popula. 2,511. Market, Wed.; and Sat.; fairs, May 14, cattle and hogs. Aug. 21, hogs, cattle, and sheep; Dec. 17, cattle and pedlary; seco d Tuesday in every month, cattle. A corporate town, having a mayor, and twelve burgesses. Sends two members to par liament right of election in the inha bitants paying scot and lot: number of

voters, about 190. Here there were an
Alien Priory, founded in the time of
William the Conqueror, by Roger of
Montgomery; became afterwards a Col-
lege, and valued at 2631. 14s. 9d. yearly,
now worth 5,274l. 15s.; granted, 36
Hen. VIII., to Henry Earl of Arundel.
An Hospital, built 18 Edw. II., by
Richard Earl of Arundel; rents 891. 5s.
24d., now worth 1,785l. 4s. 2d.; granted
to Sir Richard Lee.

ASHBURNHAM, 5 miles W. from Battle.
Popula. 768.
ASHINGTON,

miles W. from Steyning. Popula. 229. Fairs, June 29, July 21, sheep, cattle, and goods of all sorts; the last a statute-day for hiring ser

vants.

ASHURST, 4 miles N. from Steyning.

Popula. 394. Fair, Oct. 16.
BALCOMB, 7 miles S.W. from East-
Grinstead. Popula. 606. Fair, June
4, pedlary.

BARCOMB, 3 miles N.E. from Lewes.
Popula. 753.

BARLAVINGTON, 34 miles S. from Pet-
worth, Popula. 94.

BARNHAM, 4 miles S.W. from Arundel.
Popula. 173.

BATTLE, 56 miles S.S.E. from London.
Popula. 2,852. Market, Thurs.; fairs,
Whit-Monday, Nov. 22, cattle and ped-
lary; second Tuesday in every month,
cattle. Here there was a Benedictine
Abbey, founded by William the Con-
queror, on the spot where a decisive
battle was fought, Oct. 14, 1066, be-
tween King Harold and William Duke
of Normandy; value 9871. Os. 104d.
yearly, now worth 19,740l. 17s. 6d. ;
granted, 30 Hen. VIII., to Sir Antony
Brown.

BECKLEY, 5 miles N.W. from Rye. Po

pula. 1,371. Fairs, Easter-Thursday, Dec. 26, cattle and pedlary. BEDDINGHAM, 3 miles S. E. from Lewes. Popula. 255.

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BILLINGSHURST (East and West), 6
miles S.W. from Horsham. Popula.
1,369. Fairs, Whit-Monday, horned
cattle and sheep; Nov. 8, bullocks,
sheep, hogs, horses, and pedlary.
BINDERTON, 4 miles N. from Chiches-
ter. Popula. 67.

BINSTED, 2 miles W. from Arundel.
Popula. 98.

BIRDHAM, 4 miles S.S.W. from Chi-
chester. Popula. 532.
BISHOPSTONE, 1 mile N. from Sea-
ford. Popula. 277.

BODIAM, 9 miles N.W. from Rye. Popula. 314. Fair, June 6, cattle and pedlary.

BOLNEY, 3 miles S.W. from Cuckfield. Popula. 560. Fairs, May 17, Dec. 11, cattle and pedlary.

BOSHAM, 3 miles W.S.W. from Chichester. Popula. 1,049. Here there was a College, originally founded in the year 681, by St. Wilfrid; granted, 6 Eliz., to the dean and chapter of Chichester. BOXGROVE, 3 miles N.E. from Chichester. Popula. 868. Here there was a Benedictine Priory, founded in the time of Hen. I., by Robert de Haya; income 145l.10s. 2 d., now worth 2,910l. 4s. 2d.; granted, 3 Eliz., to Henry Earl of Arundel.

BRAMBER, 1 mile E. from Steyning. Popula. 98. A borough sending two members to parliament. Right of election in persons inhabiting ancient houses, or in houses built on ancient foundations, paying scot and lot: number of voters, 20. Here there was an Hospital, valued, 26 Hen. VIII., at 20s. yearly. BREDE, 6 miles W. from Rye. Popula. 902. Fair, Easter-Tuesday, cattle and pedlary.

BRIGHTON, or BRIGHTHELMSTONE, 52 miles S. from London Fair,

BEEDING (Upper and Lower), 1 mile E.
from Steyning. Popula. 904.
July 21, pedlary.

BEPTON, 3 miles S.W. from Midhurst.
Popula. 140.

BERSTED (South), 5 miles S.E. from
Chichester. Popula. 1,851.

Popula.

24,429. Market, Thurs.; fairs, HolyThursday, Sept. 4, pedlary; and daily, for provisions.

BRIGHTLING, 5 miles N.W. from Battle. Popula. 641. Fairs, first Monday after Thomas-à-Becket, July 7.

BERWICK, 4 miles N.E. from Seaford. BROADWATER, 44 miles W. from New

Popula, 172.

Shoreham. Popula. 3,725. Fairs, June

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