STOUGHTON, a parish in the hundred of WESTBOURN-and-SINGLETON, rape of CHICHESTER, county of SUSSEX, 6 miles (N.W.) from Chi Chester, containing 519 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chi- Chester, rated in the king's books at £8. 10., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is in the early style of English architecture.