BERSTED (SOUTH), a parish in the hundred of ALDWICK, rape of CHICHESTER, county of SUSSEX, 6 miles (S. E.) from Chichester, containing, with the market town of Bognor, 1851 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £7. 18. 9. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene.