Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MERSTON

MERSTON, a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; on the Arundel and Portsmouth canal, 1 mile S of Brayton r. station, and 2 &hf, SE of Chichester. Post town, Chichester. Acres, 710. Real property, £1, 446. Pop., 79. Houses, 19. The manor belongs to J. Godman, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £263. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is partly early English, and consists of nave and chancel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Merston CP/AP       Sussex AncC
Place: Merston

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