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Middleton

MIDDLETON, a parish, in the union of West Hampnett, hundred of Avisford, rape of Arundel, W. division of Sussex, 3 miles (E.) from Bognor; containing 100 inhabitants. It is bounded on the south by the English Channel, and has suffered greatly by encroachment of the sea, which has swept away the church, with the greater portion of the village, which at the time of the Domesday survey was situated in the centre of the parish. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £5. 10. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £130.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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