West Hampnett, Sussex

Description
Hampnett, West, or Westhampnett, a parish in Sussex, 1 1/2 mile NNW of Drayton station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 1 1/2 NE of Chichester. It contains the hamlets of Westerton, Waterbeech, Maudling, and Woodcote. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Chichester, Acreage, 1908; population, 505. The manor belongs to the Duke of Richmond. West Hampnett Place is a Tudor edifice, with a modern front, was built by Richard Sackville, uncle of the first Lord Buckhurst, passed to the Duke of Richmond, and was converted by him into the West Hampnett Workhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; value, £100 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Richmond. The church is Early English, andi has a monument of Richard Sackville; it was completely restored in 1876. The large stables attached to Goodwood House are in this parish.