Description
Funtington, a parish in Sussex. The parish lies 2 1/4miles N of Bosham station, on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 5 WSW of Chichester, and contains the tithings of East and West Ashling, and the hamlet of Sennicotts. It has a post office under Chichester; money order office, West Ashling; telegraph office, Bosham railway station. Acreage, 3763; population, 1020. There are several fine residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; gross value, £250 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church is ancient, and was extensively renovated, and much enlarged and beautified in 1859. The perpetual curacy of Sennicotts is a separate benefice.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
