Funtington, Sussex

Historical Description

Funtington, a parish in Sussex. The parish lies 2¼miles N of Bosham station, on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 5 WSW of Chichester, and contains the tithings of East and West Ashling, and the hamlet of Sennicotts. It has a post office under Chichester; money order office, West Ashling; telegraph office, Bosham railway station. Acreage, 3763; population, 1020. There are several fine residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; gross value, £250 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church is ancient, and was extensively renovated, and much enlarged and beautified in 1859. The perpetual curacy of Sennicotts is a separate benefice.

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 Funtington from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Funtington 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