Sidlesham Sussex Family History Guide
Sidlesham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Other places in the parish include: Almodington.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1566
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1591
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SIDLESHAM, a village and a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex. The village stands near the head of Pagham harbour, and 3½ miles S of Chichester r. station; and has a post-office under Chichester. The parish includes part of Almodington tything, and comprises 4,109 acres. Real property, £8,297. Pop., 960. Houses, 209. The property is much divided. There are a wharf, at which a considerable coasting-trade is carried on, and a tidal mill, capable of grinding 2 loads of wheat per hour. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £182. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is early English and good. There are a parochial school, and charities £129.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Historical Maps
Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps
Administration
- County: Sussex
- Civil Registration District: Westhampnett
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Boxgrove
- Poor Law Union: Westhampnett
- Hundred: Manhood
- Province: Canterbury