Merston

It lies just south of the A259 road 2.4 miles (3.9 km) southeast of Chichester.[2] Merston was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) in the ancient hundred of Boxgrove as having 16 households, meadows, plough land, and three mills.[5] The 13th century St Giles church is a Grade I listed building.The parish is now in the parish of North Mundham with Merston in the Diocese of Chichester, and St Giles is closed for services,[1][7] The church's original registers are held by West Sussex Record Office in Chichester.[9] Nearby was RAF Merston, a World War II airfield.
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