Elsted is a village,

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and former

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, now in the civil parish of

Elsted and Treyford Elsted and Treyford is a civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, west of Midhurst. It contains the settlements of Elsted, Elsted Marsh, Treyford, Didling and Hooksway. The parish contains two churches, St Paul in Elsted and St ...

, in the

Chichester Chichester ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in the Chichester District, Chichester district of West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher ...

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, England. The village is on the

Midhurst Midhurst () is a market town and civil parish in the Chichester District in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother (Western), River Rother, inland from the English Channel and north of Chichester. The name Midhurst was first reco ...

South Harting South Harting is a village within Harting civil parish in the Chichester District, Chichester district of West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B ...

Road 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of

. 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

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(1086) in the ancient

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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 and the population was 174.

Parish church

The small parish church north of the crossroads, St Paul's, has a

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which had become derelict, leaving the

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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 Elsted railway station served the village of Elsted in the county of West Sussex in England. The village itself was away to the south-west. The station was on the line between Petersfield and Midhurst Midhurst () is a market town and civ ...

at Elsted Marsh east of the village.

Notable people

Thomas Weelkes Thomas Weelkes (1576 (?) – 1623) was an English composer and organ (music), organist. He became organist of Winchester College in 1598, moving to Chichester Cathedral. His works are chiefly vocal, and include madrigal (music), madrigals, a ...

(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 Elsted Cricket

References

External links

1867 description
{{authority control Villages in West Sussex Former civil parishes in West Sussex Chichester District