Seaford, East Sussex

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Seaford is a town in East Sussex

Other current and historical names

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

Seaford in historic gazetteers

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

Seaford, town and par. with ry. sta., Sussex, 2¾ miles SE. of Newhaven, 2347 ac., pop. 1674; P.O., T.O. Seaford was an ancient incorporation, and sent 2 members to Parliament from 1298 till 1832; it was made a corporate member of the Cinque Port of Hastings in the reign of Henry VIII. It is rapidly increasing in importance as a place of seaside resort, and has fisheries, See PEVENSEY, LOWEY OF.

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