The manor was given, with Pagham, to Bishop Wilfrid by Caedwalla, King
of Wessex, in 680. Wilfrid transferred it to the Archbishop of Canterbury, but
it was in lay hands during the reign of Edward the Confessor, when it was held
by Countess Gida under Earl Godwin. A church is mentioned in the Domesday Book,
but there is no evidence for it in the present structure. It is supposed to
have been built by the Priory of Boxgrove, to whom William de St John gave the
advowson in 1180 (Peat and Halsted 1912, 110). Restored, and chancel and vestry built, 1883 (by A
W Blomfield).
