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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Dean Near Chichester like this:
DEAN (West), a parish in Westbourne district, Sussex; on the river Lavant, 5¼ miles N of Chichester r. station. It includes the tything of Chilgrove, and has a post office under Chichester. Acres, 2, 290. Real property, £3, 504. Pop., 681. Houses, 132. Cannon House was the seat of Lord Selsey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, not reported.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church is cruciform; and has some mural monuments.
West Dean Near Chichester is now part of CHICHESTER District. Click here for graphs and data of how CHICHESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Dean Near Chichester itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Dean Near Chichester, in Chichester and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8326
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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