Post Office Directory 1851, Duncton, West Sussex

Duncton is a parish on the road from Petworth to Chichester, 3 miles south of Petworth, and 11 north-east of Chichester, in Rotherbridge hundred, rape of Arundel, with 1,330 acres, and a population, in 1851, of 272, and an Income Tax assessment, in 1842, of £1,102. The benefice is a rectory, value £387 per annum, in the patronage of Col. Wyndham, and incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Sockett, who resides at Petworth, and his curate is the Rev. John New.

Post Office - Mrs Ellen Dean, receiver. Letters received 8am; dispatched 4.45pm.

New Rev. john, curate

Traders
Bridger Bryan Anson, farmer
Broardbridge William, farmer
Dean David, blacksmith
Gill Mrs. Mary, “Swan”
Hammond John, miller & farmer
Hopkins Thomas, farmer