Sidlesham

Other current and historical names

Filleicham

Built-Up Area: Highleigh
Parish/Community: Sidlesham
District/Borough: Chichester
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°46'30"N 0°47'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 485645, 97989
OS Grid: SZ856979
Mapcode Local: GBR DHJ.CX3
Mapcode Global: FRA 9771.9BQ

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

Sidlesham in historic gazetteers

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

Sidlesham, par. and vil., Sussex - par., 3961 ac. and 220 tidal water and foreshore; vil., 3½ miles S. of Chichester; P.O., T.O.; has a wharf, and carries on a small coasting trade.

Sidlesham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Chichester St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Chichester
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Roscelin (subinfeudated); Ulf (subinfeudated); Gilbert (subinfeudated); Bishop of Chichester
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £13 15/- in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 26 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre

British Place Names

Sidlesham, West Sussex

Sidlesham is a village in Highleigh, West Sussex

Sidlesham in historic gazetteers

Sidlesham in the Domesday Book