Poling is a parish 3 miles north-east of Littlehampton, and south-east of Arundel, which gives name to a hundred of the same name, in the rape of Arundel; it has 790 acres, and a population of 212, with Income Tax assessment of £1,538. The benefice is a vicarage, value £158 per annum, in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester, and incumbency of the Rev. E. H. Johnson, M.A.; Rev. Thomas T. Leete is curate
Letters received through Arundel
Gentry
Johnson Rev. E. H., M.A., (vicar)
Leete Rev. Thomas Troughton, M.A., (curate)
Traders
Blunden Stephen, farmer
Chatfield Joseph, carpenter & wheelwright
Clear John, parish clerk
Stone Stephen, blacksmith
Tompkins George, farmer
Winter John, farmer
03/10/2006 | Transcribed by Stacey Gardner |