Sidlesham

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Sidlesham
Primary School
Primary School
Sidlesham (West Sussex)
Sidlesham

Sidlesham shown within West Sussex
OS grid reference SZ853991
District Chichester
Shire county West Sussex
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Sussex
Fire West Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Chichester
List of places: UKEnglandWest Sussex

Coordinates: 50°47′09″N 0°47′25″W / 50.7857, -0.79036

Sidlesham[1] is a small village and civil parish 5 kilometres (3 miles) south of Chichester in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It has a small primary school[2]. The area has had a Prebendary since mediaeval times[3]. The 13th- century church of St Mary is built of stone rubble, not the usual flint of the area[4].

The parish has a land area of 1752.9 hectares (4330 acres). In the 2001 census 1139 people lived in 448 households, of whom 579 were economically active.

The parish has fertile soils on the flat Chichester plain and there are a large number of glasshouses around the village.

The village is home to Sidlesham F.C. soccer club.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Parish boundaries
  2. ^ Local Primary School
  3. ^ History of Prebendate
  4. ^ The Buildings of West Sussex Pevsner,N/Nairn,I.(Sussex (1965,Middlesex, Penguin p 356) ISBN 0140710280