EGDEAN, a parish in the hundred of ROTHERBRIDGE, rape of ARUNDEL, county of SUSSEX, 2 miles (S.E.)from Petworth, containing 66 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £1.9.2. The Earl of Egremont was patron in 1788. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. There are fairs on May 1st and September 4th, for horses and horned cattle. The Rother or Arundel navigation passes by the southern boundary of the parish.