Oving, Sussex
Historical Description
Oving, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands three-quarters of a mile NE by E of Drayton station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 2½ miles E of Chichester. It has a post office under Chichester; money order office, Portfield; telegraph office, Drayton. The parish contains the tithings of Woodhorn, Colworth, and Portfield, and comprises 2989 acres; population of the civil parish, 1973; of the ecclesiastical, 397. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Shopwyke House, Woodfield House, and Oving Manor House are the chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £260 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is Early English, has been well restored and beautified, and consists of chancel, nave, and transepts, with tower and spire. There are six almshouses and two small charities.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Sussex | |
| Hundred | Box and Stockbridge | |
| Poor Law union | West Hampnett |
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 Oving from the following:
Maps
Online maps of Oving 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: