Bishopstone

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Bishopstone is a village in East Sussex

Other current and historical names

Biscopestone
Norton

Parish/Community: Seaford
District/Borough: Lewes
County: East Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°47'22"N 0°5'20"E
Eastings/Northings: 547335, 100980
OS Grid: TQ473009
Mapcode Local: GBR LSG.K8W
Mapcode Global: FRA C720.8GB

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bishopstone within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bishopstone in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bishopstone, coast par. with ry. sta., E. Sussex, 9 miles SE. of Lewes, 1801 ac., pop. 277; P.O; birthplace of Rev. J. Hurdis (1763-1801), author of the "Village Curate.".

Bishopstone in the Domesday Book

A village in Flexborough hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Chichester St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Chichester
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated); Bishop of Chichester; Harold of Bishopstone (subinfeudated); Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 25 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £26 in 1066; £11 in 1070; £25 10/- in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 22 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 9 lord's ploughs; 30 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 3 swine render
- Pasture: 1 grazing for pigs

British Place Names

Bishopstone, East Sussex

Bishopstone is a village in East Sussex

Bishopstone in historic gazetteers

Bishopstone in the Domesday Book