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Compton Down is an extent of high ground near ''Compton'', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4: The Rape of Chichester (1953), pp. 91-94. Date accessed: 30 June 2010
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Compton Down is an extent of high ground near Compton, West Sussex
Compton is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex. The village lies on the B2146 road, southeast of Petersfield, Hampshire and northwest of Chichester. The parish also includes the villages of West Marden and Up M ...
where there was an Admiralty semaphore station.
The semaphore station was built at Compton Down in 1821 and it operated on the semaphore line
An optical telegraph is a line of stations, typically towers, for the purpose of conveying textual information by means of visual signals. There are two main types of such systems; the semaphore telegraph which uses pivoted indicator arms and ...
from London to Portsmouth between 1822 and 1847. The hill to the east of Compton on which the semaphore was built is now known as Telegraph Hill. The high ground to the west of Compton retains the name of Compton Down. Both hills rise to above ./ref>
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