Thakeham (St. Mary)

THAKEHAM (St. Mary), a parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of East Easwrith, rape of Bramber, W. division of Sussex, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from Storrington; containing 620 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 2800 acres, chiefly arable land. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £14. 9. 9½., and in the gift of the Duke of Norfolk: the tithes have been commuted for £700, and there are 27 acres of glebe. The church, which is partly in the early and partly in the later English style, is a cruciform structure, with a square embattled tower at the west end, and contains some interesting monuments to the Apsley and other families. The poor-law union comprises fourteen parishes or places, and contains a population of 7578.