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| | The Weald - Town history, bibliography and topography |
 | | East Grinstead is a market town in the East Grinstead division of Sussex, in the hundred of East Grinstead, rape of Pevensey, rural deanery of East Grinstead, archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. |
 | | East Grinstead was a borough by prescription and returned two members to Parliament from 1307 in the reign of Edward II until the passing of the Reform Act of 1832 in the reign of William IV, when it was disenfranchised. |
 | | East Grinstead directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Post Office directories, Kelly's directories, Trade directories, Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period |
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