OVING, a village and a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex. The village stands near the South Coast railway, ¾ of a mile N E by E of Drayton r. station, and 2½ E of Chichester; and has a post-office under Chichester. The parish contains the tythings of Colworth and Portfield, and comprises 2, 946 acres. Real property, £7, 472. Pop. in 1851, 876; in 1861, 949. Houses, 206. Shopwyke House, a beautiful mansion, belongs to the Rev. G. H. Woods. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £352.* Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is early English; was restored in 1841; and consists of nave and transepts, with E tower and spire.

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