Post Office Directory 1851, Bosham, West Sussex

Bosham is a village and parish. 4 miles west of Chichester, in hundred of same name, rape of Chichester. Two branches of the great estuary, Chichester harbour and Bosham creek, form the boundaries of the parish, east ,west and south, and Funtington on the north; its area is 3,860 acres; population, in 1841, was 1,091. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Chichester and deanery of Boxgrove, patronage of the Dean & Chapter of Chichester, and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Mitchell, M.A., value £280 per annum. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the fishery. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is partly in the early style of English architecture, and partly in that which prevailed in the 14th century; the prebendal stalls still remain in the chancel, and in the north wall is a niche, with crocketted ornaments, enclosing a female incumbent figure, of a style not earlier than the reign of Edward I. The principal landowners are the Hon. Captain Berkeley, Col. Webber Smith, Messes. Cheesman, Farndell, Boorn, and others. The Income Tax assessment, in 1845, was £8,100. Broadbridge, Creed, Old Fishbourne, Gosport and Walton are tithing belonging to this parish. The South Coast Railway passes through the northern portion of the parish, and has a station at Broadbridge, called the Bosham Station.

Letters received through Emsworth.

Gentry
Brooker Henry, esq. R.N.
Farndell Stephen, esq. Old Fishbourne
Mitchell Rev. Henry, M.A.

Traders
Adames George, farmer
Apps Mrs. Emma, grocer
Apps George, shipwright
Apps William, shipwright & grocer
Ayling William, shopkeeper & bricklayer
Bennett Mrs. Eliza, farmer
Biles William, blacksmith
Boorn Joseph, yeoman
Boorn Thomas Morgan, farmer, miller & maltster
Cheesman Alfred, yeoman
Collins Thomas, “Berkley Arms”
Collins William, “White Swan” & post office
Cooper William Edward, grocer, baker & coal merchant, Old Fishbourne
Frogbrook Matthew, “Anchor”
Gatehouse Thomas, miller & coal merchant, Broadbridge Mill
Harris Thomas, collector of taxes
Hoare George, blacksmith, Old Fishbourne
Holloway Edward, farmer
Holloway George, farmer
Holloway John, farmer
Jenkins Thomas, farm bailiff
Kearwell John, wheelwright
Kearwell Thomas, wheelwright
Kerwood James, farmer
Martin Mrs. Jane, shopkeeper
Nutter Luke, coasting captain
Pearce Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer
Perver George, baker
Redman Stephen, blacksmith
Reeves George, boot maker
Simmonds Stephen, beer retailer
Treagust Mrs. Fanny, “Black Boy”
Trevett John & Son, maltsters, grocers & coal merchants
Trevett Edward, ship owner & beer retailer
Wells William Charles, farmer
White Richard, boot maker