Sidlesham
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  Sidlesham shown within West Sussex |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| 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: UK • England • West Sussex | |
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
- ^ Parish boundaries
- ^ Local Primary School
- ^ History of Prebendate
- ^ The Buildings of West Sussex Pevsner,N/Nairn,I.(Sussex (1965,Middlesex, Penguin p 356) ISBN 0140710280
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