Milland is a

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and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

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, England. It is situated north of the A272 road on the border with

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. In the 2001 census the parish covered and had 332 households with a total population of 829 of whom 394 residents were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population was 891. The village lies along a section of the

Chichester to Silchester Way The Chichester to Silchester Way is a Roman Road between Chichester in South-East England, which as ''Noviomagus'' was capital of the ''Regni'', and Silchester or '' Calleva Atrebatum'', capital of the '' Atrebates''. The road had been entirely ...

Roman road, almost the only part to have survived in modern use. At the southern end of the village the boundary banks of a ''

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'', a Roman posting station on the road, are visible.Petersfield Museum-section on roads
The parish has an

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church, St. Luke's, the independent Milland Evangelical Church (MEC) and the disused

Tuxlith Chapel Tuxlith Chapel, also known as Milland Old Church, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Milland, West Sussex, England (). It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is ...

which is in the care of a national charity the

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Hamlets

Hamlets within the civil parish include: Borden to the south, Queens Corner and Titty Hill to the southeast, Wardley and Shufflesheeps to the northeast, Ripsley to the northeast and Great Trippetts to the west.

Employment

Whilst farming and working the land were most important for most people in the past, the Iron and other industries were significant from the Middle Ages.

Estates

There have been several large estates in the village but none dominant. Dangstein House was the home of Captain James Lyon of the

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. In 1851, Reginald Nevill and

Lady Dorothy Nevill Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill (née Walpole; 1 April 1826 in London – 24 March 1913 in London) was an English writer, hostess, horticulturist and plant collector. She was one of five children of Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford and Mary Fawkener ...

bought the estate. Lady Dorothy laid out ornamental gardens, a fernery and hothouses.

Famous visitors

Both the

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and Winston Churchill were guests of the Dowager Lady Massereene and Ferrard at Milland Place before the First World War. The Kaiser played racquets despite his withered arm.

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Villages in West Sussex Chichester District {{WestSussex-geo-stub