[5] The 13th-century church of St Mary Our Lady is built of stone rubble, not the usual flint of the area.

[2] The parish has fertile soils on the flat Chichester plain and there are many glasshouses around the village.

[7] The village has had a long history of farming and was made up of a group of farms including: Bakers, Chalder, Church, Easton, Ferry, Fletchers, Great Ham, Greenwood, Haise, Halsey, Ham, Highleigh, Jury, Keynor, Marblestone, Marsh, Oakhurst, Porthole, Redgate, Rookery, Shotfold and Street End.

In 1935 the Sidlesham LSA was set up and "settlers" from the north east of England and South wales stayed in Keynor hut while their houses were built and they received training.

The Site of Special Scientific Interest known as Pagham Harbour falls partly within the parish.