Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CAKEHAM

CAKEHAM, a manor in West Wittering parish, Sussex; on the east side of Chichester harbour, 6½ miles SW of Chichester. A palace of the Bishops of Chichester formerly stood here; and a lofty brick hexagonal tower connected with it, and built in the early part of the 16th century by Bishop Sherborne, still stands.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a manor"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: West Wittering CP/AP       Sussex AncC
Place: Cakeham

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