In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Elsted like this:
ELSTED, a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex; with a st. on the Midhurst and Petersfield railway; 4¾ miles WSW of Midhurst. Post town, Petersfield. Acres, 1, 789. Real property, £1, 470. Pop., 174. Houses, 37. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Treyford and the vicarage of Didling, in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £331. Patron, the Hon. Mrs. V. Harcourt. The church is partly Norman.
Elsted through time
Elsted is now part of Chichester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chichester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Elsted itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Elsted, in Chichester and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8340
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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