MERSTON, a parish in the hundred of Box-and-STOCKBRIDGE,
rape of CHICHESTER, county of SUSSEX,
3 miles (S.E.) from Chichester, containing 107 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at
£7. 4. 7., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church is partly in the early, and partly in the decorated,
style of English architecture. The Arundel and
Portsmouth canal passes through this parish.