KIRDFORD, a parish in the hundred of ROTHERBRIDGE, rape of ARUNDEL, county of SUSSEX, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Petworth, containing 1602 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chi Chester, rated in the king's books at £11, and in the patronage of the Earl of Egremont. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is principally in the early style of English architecture.