Colworth, West Sussex

Colworth
Colworth Location within West Sussex
OS grid reference	SU913028
Civil parish	Oving
District	Chichester
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Chichester
Postcode district	PO20
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Chichester
List of places UK England West Sussex 50°49′04″N 0°42′15″W / 50.81771°N 0.70428°W / 50.81771; -0.70428Coordinates: 50°49′04″N 0°42′15″W / 50.81771°N 0.70428°W / 50.81771; -0.70428

Colworth is a hamlet in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A259 road 2.7 mile (4.4 km) north of Bognor Regis. At the 2011 census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Oving.

History[]

In 988 AD King Æthelred the Unready granted four hides at Colworth to his minister Leofstan, with leave to bequeath it to whom he would.^[1][2] A chapel at Colworth is referred to in Sussex county records in 1510.^[3] The disused Portsmouth and Arundel Canal, which was abandoned in 1855, passes through the hamlet.

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