Hassocks
Also known as Hassocks, West Sussex
Hassocks is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mid Sussex
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 6,821
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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29 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistory up to 19th century
- Modern history
- Neighbourhood plan
- Notable buildings and areas
- Listed buildings
- Scheduled monuments
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest
- Woods
- Butcher's Wood
- Lag Wood
- Bonny's Wood
- Ockenden Wood
- Streams
- Millbrook Shaw Stream
- Clayton Stream
- Herrings Stream
- Friars Oak
- Clayton Wood Natural Burial Ground
- South Downs
- Clayton Down
- Clayton Holt
- Railway station
- Education
- Sport
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Hassocks is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields.
Located approximately north of Brighton, with a population of 8,319, the area now occupied by Hassocks was just a collection of small houses and a coaching house until the 19th century, when work started on the London to Brighton railway.
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