Sidlesham

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title: "Sidlesham" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cricket-in-sussex", "english-cricket-in-the-14th-to-17th-centuries", "villages-in-west-sussex"] description: "Village and parish in West Sussex, England" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidlesham" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and parish in West Sussex, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Sidlesham
country	England
civil_parish	Sidlesham
region	South East England
static_image	Sidlesham Primary School.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	Sidlesham Primary School
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	17.53
population	1,171.
population_ref	2011 Census
population_density	65 /km2
os_grid_reference	SZ853991
coordinates
post_town	CHICHESTER
postcode_area	PO
postcode_district	PO20
dial_code	01243
constituency_westminster	Chichester
london_distance	57 mi NNE
shire_district	Chichester
shire_county	West Sussex
website	http://www.sidlesham.org/
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| official_name = Sidlesham | country = England | civil_parish = Sidlesham | region = South East England | static_image = Sidlesham Primary School.jpg | static_image_width = 240px | static_image_caption = Sidlesham Primary School | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 17.53 | population = 1,171. | population_ref = 2011 Census | population_density = 65 /km2 | os_grid_reference = SZ853991 | coordinates = | post_town = CHICHESTER | postcode_area = PO | postcode_district = PO20 | dial_code = 01243 | constituency_westminster = Chichester | london_distance = 57 mi NNE | shire_district = Chichester | shire_county = West Sussex | website = http://www.sidlesham.org/ Sidlesham is a small village and civil parish, on the Manhood Peninsula, five kilometres (3 miles) south of Chichester in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It has a small primary school. The area has had a prebendary since medieval times. The 13th-century church of St Mary Our Lady is built of stone rubble, not the usual flint of the area.

The parish has a land area of 1753 hectares (4330 acres). In the 2001 census 1139 people lived in 448 households, of whom 579 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population had increased to 1,171.

The parish has fertile soils on the flat Chichester plain and there are many glasshouses around the village.

Governance

An electoral list in the same name exists. This ward stretches North to Hunston with a total ward population at the 2011 Census of 2,428.

History

The village has had a long history of farming and was made up of a group of farms including: Bakers, Chalder, Church, Easton, Ferry, Fletchers, Great Ham, Greenwood, Haise, Halsey, Ham, Highleigh, Jury, Keynor, Marblestone, Marsh, Oakhurst, Porthole, Redgate, Rookery, Shotfold and Street End. In 1935 the Sidlesham LSA was set up and "settlers" from the north east of England and South wales stayed in Keynor hut while their houses were built and they received training.

The Sidlesham LSA continued smallholding until its privatisation in 1983.

Sport and leisure

The first definite mention of cricket in Sussex relates to ecclesiastical court records in 1611 which state that two parishioners of Sidlesham failed to attend church on Easter Sunday because they were playing cricket. They were fined 12d each and made to do penance.

Sidlesham has a Non-League football club Sidlesham F.C. who play at the Memorial Recreation Ground.

Landmarks

The Site of Special Scientific Interest known as Pagham Harbour falls partly within the parish. The harbour and surrounding land is of national importance for both flora and fauna. The shingle spit is also of geological interest.

References

References

1. "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". West Sussex County Council.
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
3. [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/Sidlesham/ Parish boundaries]
4. [http://www.sidlesham.w-sussex.sch.uk/ Local Primary School]
5. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=32120 History of Prebendate]
6. The Buildings of West Sussex Pevsner,N/Nairn,I.(Sussex (1965,Middlesex, Penguin p 356) {{ISBN. 0-14-071028-0
7. "Ward population 2011".
8. "The Sidlesham Heritage Trail, About The SLSA".
9. "SSSI Citation — Pagham Harbour". Natural England.

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