# Merston

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Village and parish in West Sussex, England

Human settlement in England

Merston St Giles’ Church Merston Location within West Sussex OS grid reference SU895028 Civil parish Oving District Chichester Shire county West Sussex Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Chichester Postcode district PO20 Police Sussex Fire West Sussex Ambulance South East Coast UK Parliament Chichester List of places UK England West Sussex 50°49′05″N 0°43′51″W / 50.8180°N 0.7308°W / 50.8180; -0.7308

**Merston** is a small [village](/source/Village), an Anglican [parish](/source/Parish)[1] and former [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish), now in the civil parish of [Oving](/source/Oving%2C_West_Sussex), in the [Chichester](/source/Chichester_(district)) [district](/source/Districts_of_England) of [West Sussex](/source/West_Sussex), England. It lies just south of the [A259](/source/A259) road 2.4 miles (3.9 km) southeast of [Chichester](/source/Chichester).[2]

## History

Merston was listed in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) (1086) in the ancient [hundred](/source/Hundred_(county_division)) of [Boxgrove](/source/Boxgrove#Hundred_of_Boxgrove) as having 16 households, meadows, plough land, and three mills. The tenant in chief was Earl Roger of Shrewsbury.[3]

In 1861, Merston Anglican parish's population was 79, and the parish was 710 acres (290 ha).[1]

In 1931 the parish had a population of 85.[4] On 1 April 1933 the civil parish was abolished and merged with [Oving](/source/Oving%2C_West_Sussex).[5]

## Parish church

The 13th-century St Giles church is a Grade I [listed building](/source/Listed_building).[6] The font is 12th-century. The parish is now in the parish of [North Mundham](/source/North_Mundham) with Merston in the [Diocese of Chichester](/source/Diocese_of_Chichester), and St Giles is closed for services.[1][7] The church's original registers are held by [West Sussex Record Office](/source/West_Sussex_Record_Office) in Chichester.[8] The church is open to visitors.[9]

## RAF Merston

Nearby was [RAF Merston](/source/RAF_Merston), a [World War II](/source/World_War_II) airfield.[10] The airfield was in use from 1939 to 1945.[11]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GENUKI_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GENUKI_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-GENUKI_1-2) ["GENUKI: Merston, Sussex"](https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Merston). Retrieved 16 June 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-OS_2-0)** Ordnance Survey

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Domesday_3-0)** ["Open Domesday: Merston"](https://opendomesday.org/place/SU8903/merston/). Retrieved 16 June 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Population statistics Merston AP/CP through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10303928/cube/TOT_POP). [A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time). Retrieved 10 May 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Relationships and changes Merston AP/CP through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10303928). A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["St Giles Church (Grade I) (1276899)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1276899?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Church of England Heritage Record: Merston St Giles"](https://facultyonline.churchofengland.org/church-heritage-record-merston-st-giles-610067). Retrieved 6 February 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["GENUKI: The Parish Church of St Giles"](https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Merston/TheParishChurchofStGiles). Retrieved 6 February 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Oving parish council: St Giles Church"](https://www.ovingcommunity.org.uk/st-giles-church-merston). Retrieved 10 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ABCT_10-0)** ["Merston"](http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/merston/). [Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust](/source/Airfields_of_Britain_Conservation_Trust). Retrieved 16 June 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Lee, David (2005). [*Action Stations Revisited: The Complete History of Britain's Military Airfields*](https://archive.org/details/actionstationsre0003leed). Vol. 3: South East England. Manchester, England: Crécy. pp. 224–225. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780859791106](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780859791106).

## External links

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