In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chidham like this:
CHIDHAM, a parish in Westbourne district, Sussex; on Chichester harbour, adjacent to the South Coast railway, 2½ miles SW of Bosham r. station, and 4½ W of Chichester. It includes the tythings of Easton and Weston; and its post town is Bosham-Pound, under Emsworth. Acres, 2, 185; of which 985 are water. Real property, £3, 565. Pop., 310. Houses, 62. The variety of wheat known as the "Chidham white" was first grown here. Red ochre is found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £190.* Patron, Miss Walker. The church is early English.
Chidham through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chidham, in Chichester and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8305
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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