From Kelly’s Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1867
PAGHAM is a parish, 7 miles south from Chichester, 4 south-west from Bognor, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Aldwick, Chichester rape, county court district, diocese and archdeaconry, rural deanery of Pagham, and West Hampnett union. It is bounded on the north by North Mundham and Merston, on the west partly by Pagham Harbour, on the east by South Bersted, and on the south by the sea. The village is situated in the south-west part of the parish, near the church and harbour, and consists of a few cottages. The church of St. Thomas a Becket is a handsome and commodious structure in the Early English style, with tower, spire, nave, and chancel. The register dates from 1736. The living is a vicarage, value £300 per annum, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held by the Rev. Ralph Barker, B.A., of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge. The area is 4,376 acres, and the population in 1861 was 988.
ALDWICK is a tithing, formerly a place of some importance, and gives name to the hundred. Here is a small chapel of ease, built by the Rev. Edward Houghton Johnson, M.A., for the accommodation of the district of Aldwick which will contain about 300 people. Aldwick Place, the seat and property of B. B. Cabbell, Esq., is pleasantly situated, commanding fine sea views, near Bognor.
SOUTH MUNDHAM and NYTIMBER are also tithings; LAGNESS and ROSE GREEN are hamlets belonging to this parish.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Bacon.
POST OFFICES:-
Nytimber.- James Bourke, receiver. Letters arrive from Chichester at 9.15 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.15 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Bognor
Aldwick.- Letters through Bognor, which is the nearest money order office
Coast Guard Station, Pagham main, Aldwick, Henry Holbrook, chief boatman in charge, & 13 men; & George Harris, chief boatman, Pagham harbour detachment
National School, Robert Penny, master; Mrs. Ann Penny, mistress
CARRIERS TO CHICHESTER.- Bailey & Apps, daily
Austen Mr. William, Aldwick
Barker Rev. Ralph, B.A. [vicar], Vicarage
Bayton John, esq. J.P. Aldwick cottage
Boorn Mr. George, Aldwick
Cabbell Benjamin Bond, esq. Aldwick pl.
Couper J. C. esq. Whampoa house
Fisher Mr. George, West house, Aldwick
Follett Mr. William, Aldwick
Gray Mr. George A. Aldwick
Heather Miss, Aldwick
Hore Charles N. S. esq. Richmond house, Aldwick
Johnson Rev. Edward Houghton, M.A. Aldwick villa
Lee Philip, esq. Richmond cottage
Lovell John, esq.
Sharp Mr. Thomas, Woodbine cottage
Smith Rev. Frederic, M.A. Aldwick
Teesdale Gen. Harry George, Aldwick
Trewin Mr. William, Aldwick
COMMERCIAL.
Adames Charles, farmer & landowner, Church farm
Adames Henry, farmer, Lagness
Adames John, farmer, Rookery
Adames William, farmer, Lagness
Adames William, miller, Nytimber
Apps John, shoe maker
Bourke James, shopkeeper, Nytimber
Bridger James, farmer
Coates Edwin, lodging house, Colebrook lodge, Aldwick
Collins Charles, brewer, Nytimber
Collins George, brewer, Lagness
Cooper George, Ship, Aldwick
Davis James, farmer
Etherton Benjamin, Royal Oak, Lagness
Hackett David, beer retailer, Nytimber
Herington Edward, farmer, Lagness
Hills Thomas, blacksmith, Aldwick
Holkham George, bricklayer, Aldwick
Mant Francis, farmer, Bowley farm
Neale Francis, farmer, Lagness
Peachey James, farmer, South Mundham
Penfold Henry, farmer, Lagness
Prior Richard, blacksmith, Nytimber
Robinson -, cowkeeper
Strange Henry Robert, farmer, South Mundham
Tipper Thomas, wheelwright, Lagness
Upton Henry, farmer, Aldwick
Wiles George, wheelwright, Rose green
Wingate Thos. beer retailer &c. Nytimber