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Washington, West Sussex
Much of the parish contained extensive commons that included Washington Heath Common to the west of the A24 part of which is now National Trust land. To the immediate north and east of the village were Washington Common and New Common respectively both of which survived to the 1850s. To the north of that was Rock Common which straddled the modern road called The Hollow whilst in the northern tip of the parish lay Ashington Common which was enclosed in 1816 and on which was built the modern village of Ashington which still lay in the parish until as late as 1960. As a consequence much of the settlement outside the main village of Washington was built around the edges of these commons with only one, Rock, being of any significance, whilst other newer settlements were built on enclosures such as at Ashington and also Heath common and Pigland to the west.
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