FINDON, a village and a parish in Thakeham district, Sussex. The village stands near Cissbury Hill, 4 miles NNW of Worthing r. station, and 4 WSW of Steyning; is a pleasant place, with fine environs; and has a post office under Worthing, and a fair on Holy Thursday. The parish comprises 4, 336 acres. Real property, £4, 481. Pop., 655. Houses, 128. The property is subdivided. Findon Place belonged formerly to the Westwoods, and passed to the Richardsons. The parish is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £500.* Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church has early English portions; contains two stone seats, with intermediate door; and is good. There is a national school.

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