Chithurst

Other current and historical names

Titeherste

Parish/Community: Trotton with Chithurst
District/Borough: Chichester
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°0'4"N 0°48'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 484279, 123107
OS Grid: SU842231
Mapcode Local: GBR DDT.2H4
Mapcode Global: FRA 966G.Q18

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Chithurst within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Chithurst in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Chithurst, par., W. Sussex, on river Rother, 3 miles NW. of Midhurst ry. sta., 1199 ac. (16 water), pop. 334.

Chithurst in the Domesday Book

A village in Dumpford hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Overlord in 1066: Earl Godwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Morin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 3 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 8 shillings

British Place Names

Chithurst, West Sussex

Chithurst is a hamlet in West Sussex

Chithurst in historic gazetteers

Chithurst in the Domesday Book