West Hampnett, Sussex

Historical Description

Hampnett, West, or Westhampnett, a parish in Sussex, 1½ mile NNW of Drayton station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 1½ NE of Chichester. It contains the hamlets of Westerton, Waterbeech, Maudling, and Woodcote. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Chichester, Acreage, 1908; population, 505. The manor belongs to the Duke of Richmond. West Hampnett Place is a Tudor edifice, with a modern front, was built by Richard Sackville, uncle of the first Lord Buckhurst, passed to the Duke of Richmond, and was converted by him into the West Hampnett Workhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; value, £100 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Richmond. The church is Early English, andi has a monument of Richard Sackville; it was completely restored in 1876. The large stables attached to Goodwood House are in this parish.

Administration

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

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for West Hampnett from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hampnett, West (St. Peter))

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