STOPHAM, a parish in the hundred of ROTHERBRIDGE,
rape of ARUNDEL, county of SUSSEX, 4 miles
(S.B. byE.) from Petworth, containing 139 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at
£5.12. 8., and in the patronage of Walter Smith, Esq.
The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is partly in the
early > and partly in the decorated, style of English architecture.
The river Rother flows through the parish,
which is bounded on the east by the Avon.