Chidham, Sussex

Historical Description

Chidham, a parish in Sussex, on Chichestcr Harbour, 2½ miles SW of Bosham station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 41-W of Chichester. Post town, Emsworth. The area is 1524 acres of land and 1136 of tidal water and foreshore; population, 241. 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, £133 with residence. The church is Early English.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Chidham from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Chidham)

Maps

Online maps of Chidham are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online:

• Mid Sussex Times
• Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal
• Sussex Agricultural Express
• Hastings and St Leonards Observer
• Sussex Advertiser
• Brighton Gazette
• Bexhill-on-Sea Observer