ITCHINGFIELD, a village and a parish in Horsham district, Sussex, The village stands 1 mile W of a junction of railways, and 3 SW by W of Horsham; and it is connected with the hamlet of Barnes-Green. The parish includes both the village and the hamlet, and comprises 2, 470 acres. Post town, Horsham. Real property, £1, 764. Pop., 377. Houses, 62. The land belongs chiefly to Sir Percy F. Shelley, Bait., and Charles Chitty, Esq. A dense forest was around the parsonage in the early part of last century, and gave refuge to some of the persons attainted for the Scotch rebellion of 1715. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £400.* Patron, Miss Louisa Scott. The church is Saxon or early Norman; has a rude low timber tower, seemingly of the late decorated period; and contains a handson e modern font. A very ancient font was, not long ago, exhumed from the churchyard. There are a national school, and charities £16.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))