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CHIDHAM, a parish in Westbourne district, Sussex; on Chichester harbour, adjacent to the South Coast railway, 2½ miles SW of Bosham r. station, and 4½ 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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Chidham Parish Westbourne Poor Law Union/Registration District Sussex Ancient County |
| Place: | Chidham |
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