GOODWOOD

goodwood, a mansion in the parish of boxgrove, in the chichester parliamentary division of sussex, england, 4 m. n.e. of chichester. it was built from designs of sir william chambers with additions by wyatt, after the purchase of the property by the first duke of richmond in 1720. the park is in a hilly district, and is enriched with magnificent trees of many varieties, including some huge cedars. in it is a building containing a roman slab recording the construction of a temple to minerva and neptune at chichester. there is mention of a british tributary prince named cogidubnus, who perhaps served also as a roman official. a reference to early christianity in britain has been erroneously read into this inscription. on the racecourse a famous annual meeting, dating from 1802, is held in july. the parish church of ss. mary and blaize, boxgrove, is almost entirely a rich specimen of early english work.