BILLINGSHURST, a parish in the hundred of WEST EASWRITH, rape of ARUNDEL, county of SUSSEX, 6f miles (S.W. by W.) from Horsham, containing 1369 inhabitants, of which number, 794 are in East Billingshurst, and 575 in West Billingshurst. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £9. 6. 0., and in the patronage of Sir Harry Goring, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Unitarians. The river Arun rises in this parkh, and the Arun and Wey Junction canal passes through it: it is also intersected by a Roman road, called Stanestreet.