PAGHAM, a parish in the hundred of ALDWICK,
rape of CHICHESTER, county of SUSSEX, 6 miles
(S. S. E.) from Chichester, containing 1009 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction
and patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury, rated in
the king's books at £9. IS. 9. The church, dedicated
to St. Thomas &. Becket, is in the early style of English
architecture. The parish is bounded on the south by
the English channel.