Hamsey, Sussex

Description
Hamsey, a parish in Sussex, on the river Onse, 1 mile from Cooksbridge station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 2 miles from Lewes. It includes the hamlets of Offham, North End, Hewen Street, and Cooksbridge, and it has a post office, of the name of Offham, under Lewes; money order office, Lewes; telegraph office, Cooksbridge railway station. Acreage, 2745; population, 564. The rocks include chalk marl, with lime crystals, pyrites, and oxide of iron, and a marl bank at the foot of a mound on which the old church stands is rich in fossils. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £410 with residence. The old church chancel is Saxon, the nave Early Norman, and the tower Early Perpendicular English. A new church was built in 1861, stands in the hamlet of Offham, is in the Early English style, and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with square tower and shingled spire.