In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aldingbourne like this:
ALDINGBOURN, a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; 1 mile north of Woodgate r. station, and 4 E of Chichester. It contains the hamlets of Lidsey and Westergate. Post Town, Chichester. Acres, 3,069. Real property, £6,678. Pop., 772. Houses, 162. Aldingbourn House was a seat of the Howards. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £220.* Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is early English, and has a black marble font.
Aldingbourne through time
Aldingbourne is now part of Arun district. Click here for graphs and data of how Arun has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Aldingbourne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aldingbourne, in Arun and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8148
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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