The hamlet sits on the Elsted to Bepton Road 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Midhurst.

[2] Treyford (Treverde) was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the ancient hundred of Dumpford as having 21 households: eight villagers, eight smallholders and five slaves; with ploughing land, woodland, meadows and a mill, it had a value to the lord of the manor of £5.4.

The old parish church of St Mary, according to Kelly's Directory of 1867[1] ...is an ancient building, now disused: chancel and nave Early English, or FirstPointed, style.

Kelly's continues: A new and handsome church (St. Peter's) was erected, and consecrated in 1849, at the sole expense of the patrons, the Rev.

Mrs. Vernon Harcourt, of West Dean House: it is from the designs of B. Ferrey, Esq., and consists of a chancel, with nave, side aisles, and tower and spire at the north-west angle: the seats are all open and of English oak, as is the high-pitched roof: the style is of the earlier Decorated period: the spire, conspicuous over the surrounding country, is 120 feet high.The ruins of the old church are a listed building.