CHIDHAM, a parish in Westbourne district, Sussex; on Chichester harbour, adjacent to the South Coast railway, 2 ½ miles SW of Bosham r. station, and 4 ½ W of Chichester. It includes the tythings of Easton and Weston; and its post-town is Bosham-Pound, under Emsworth. Acres, 2,185; of which 985 are water. Real property, £3,565. Pop., 310. Houses, 62. The variety of wheat known as the “Chidham white” was first grown here. Red ochre is found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £190. Patron, Miss Walker. The church is early English.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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