CHIDHAM, a parish in the hundred of BOSHAM,
rape of CHICHESTER, county of SUSSEX, 6 miles (W.
by S.) from Chichester, containing 203 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books
at £10. 19. 2., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and
in the patronage of E. M. Mundy, Esq. The church is
mostly in the early style of English architecture, with
later insertions and additions. This parish constitutes
a peninsula formed by Bosham creek on the east, Thorjiey
channel on the west, and Chichester harbour on
the south.