Felpham, Sussex

Description
Felpham, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands on the coast, 2 miles NE of Bognor station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Bognor. The parish includes also the hamlets of Flansham and Ankton. Acreage, 1878 of land and 174 of foreshore and water; population, 724. The low lands here are liable to inundations by the sea. The poet Hayley inhabited a villa near the centre of the village, and was buried in the churchyard. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; net value£104with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church has portions of various periods, with a Later English tower; contains a marble tablet to Hayley, with inscription by Mrs Opie; and has been repaired. The churchyard has a monument to Cyril Jackson, the early preceptor of George IV., and dean of Christchurch, Oxford. The Bognor coastguard station is situated here.