Elsted
History
Elsted (Halestede) was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) in the ancient hundred of Dumpford as having 32 households: seven villagers, 23 smallholders and two slaves; with ploughing land, pasture and woodland for pigs, a mill and a church, it had a value to the lord of the manor of £15.
In 1861, the area was 1,789 acres (724 ha) and the population was 174.
Parish church
The small parish church north of the crossroads, St Paul's, has a nave which had become derelict, leaving the chancel as the village church, until it was rebuilt in the 1950s. The surviving north wall is of Norman style herringbone stonework, with two round arched doorways filled in to make lancet windows.
Amenities
The village has one public house, and there is another at the former Elsted railway station at Elsted Marsh east of the village.
Notable people
- Thomas Weelkes (1575-1623), composer and organist
- Alwyne Michael Webster Whistler (1909–1993), British Army general
- William Downes Willis (1790-1871), rector at Elsted until his death
References
- ^ "Population statistics Elsted AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Chichester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Open Domesday: Elsted". Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "GENUKI: Elsted". Retrieved 23 June 2019.