Easebourne (Eseburne[3]) was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as an ancient Hundred, an extensive area reaching as far afield as Graffham and Cocking to the south, Stedham to the west and Tillington to the east, as well as two hamlets that were not parishes: Todham to the southeast[4] and Buddington to the west;[5] in total it included 12 settlements containing 276 households.

Cowdray Park, to the east of the village, has a golf course, and is home to a first-class polo club.

[9] The parish includes the hamlet of Henley to the north, where there was a Mission Hall established in 1885, since closed.

Easebourne Priory was built for ten Augustinian canonesses and was founded before 1238 by the de Bohun family who were from St. Ann's Hill in nearby Midhurst.

[13] Actors Laurence Fox and Billie Piper were married in St Mary's Church in 2007.