Merston


Merston is a village and parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies just south of the A259 road 2.4 miles southeast of Chichester. It is in the civil parish of Oving.

History

Merston was listed in the Domesday Book in the ancient hundred of Boxgrove as having 16 households, meadows, plough land and three mills.
In 1861, Merston parish's population was 79, and the parish was.
Nearby was RAF Merston, a World War II airfield.