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Elsted

Village and parish in West Sussex, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image	St Paul's Church Elsted.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	St Paul's Church
coordinates
official_name	Elsted
civil_parish	Elsted and Treyford
shire_district	Chichester
shire_county	West Sussex
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Chichester
post_town	Midhurst
postcode_district	GU29 0
postcode_area	GU
os_grid_reference	SU816195

Elsted is a village, Anglican parish and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Elsted and Treyford, in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. The village is on the Midhurst to South Harting Road 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Midhurst. In 1961, the civil parish had a population of 188. On 1 April 2003, the civil parish was abolished and merged with Treyford to form "Elsted & Treyford".

History

Elsted (Halestede) was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) within the ancient hundred of Dumpford. At that time, it comprised 32 households: seven villagers, 23 smallholders, and two slaves; with ploughing land, pasture and woodland for pigs, as well as a mill and a church. It had a value to the lord of the manor of £15.

In 1861, the area was 1789 acre, and the population was 174.

Parish church

The small parish church, St. Paul's, located north of the crossroads, has a nave which had become derelict, leaving only the chancel in use 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 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

Looking north from the Village Hall over the new cricket pitch in 2007

References

"Population statistics Elsted AP/CP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
"Chichester Registration District". UKBMD.
"Open Domesday: Elsted".
"GENUKI: Elsted".

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