Place:Kingston near Lewes, Sussex, England

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NameKingston near Lewes
Alt namesKingston-by-Lewessource: alternate name
TypeParish
Coordinates50.86°N 0.02°W
Located inSussex, England
Also located inEast Sussex, England     (1865 - )
See alsoLewes Rape, Sussex, Englandrape in which it was located
Swanborough Hundred, Sussex, Englandhundred in which it was located
Newhaven Rural, Sussex, Englandrural district 1894-1934
Chailey Rural, Sussex, Englandrural district 1934-1974
Lewes District, East Sussex, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kingston near Lewes is a small village and fairly large civil parish situated at the base of the South Downs in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and is located two miles (3.2 km) south of Lewes on the slopes of the South Downs.

Juggs Lane (a road used as a public path which runs by a pub of the same name), is named after the fish-carrying baskets used by Brighton fishwives on their way through Kingston to the market at Lewes. The path may still be traversed by foot, and continues almost to Brighton.

Many of the older houses are in the original village centre, "The Street", a picturesque mixture of cottages and larger farmhouses that leads past St. Pancras Church and the village pound, where stray sheep were once kept, to the South Downs Way.

During the 1930s to 1950s, a number of substantial houses were built on Kingston Ridge and in the early 1960s orchard land was developed to form what is known locally as "the estate": family houses that helped serve the establishment of the University of Sussex at that time.

The Prime Meridian passes to the east of Kingston near Lewes. The area of the parish is 5.7 km2 (2.2 sq mi) and its population at the UK census of 2011 was 831.

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