Rudgwick
Rudgwick | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Horsham | |
Postcode district | RH12 | |
Dialling code | 01403 | |
Police | Sussex | |
Fire | West Sussex | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | Rudgwick.net | |
Rudgwick is a village and
The parish covers 6,394 acres (2,588 ha).[1] The 2001 Census recorded 2,791 people[2] living in 1,013 households, of whom 1,425 were economically active.[citation needed]. The 2011 Census recorded a population, including Tisman's Common of 2,722.[3]
History
Historically Ridgewick was an alternative form of the toponym.[4] Riccherwyk may be another, seen in 1377.[5]
The
The parish has two 17th century farmhouses. Garlands, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the village, is early 17th century and Redhouse Farm 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village is late 17th century.
Rudgwick had a
During World War 2, two RAF B-25s collided in the air over Rudgwick, resulting in the deaths of 8 airmen. The crash sites, now in the grounds of Rikkyo School, were excavated in the 1990s.[8]
In 1985, excavations in Rudgwick Brick Yard resulted in the discovery of a new species of the Polacanthus genus, which became known as the Rudgwickosaurus.[9]
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Rudgwick School football team, 1948
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Rudgwick double railway bridge
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Canfields Farm
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Rudgwick Chapel
Education
Pennthorpe School is on in Church Street. Rudgwick Primary School is located in the village,[10] as is Rikkyo School in England, a Japanese boarding school.[11]
Notable people
- Bertram Prance (1889-1958), artist and illustrator, lived in the village.[12]
- Eric Thompson (1929–1982), creator of The Magic Roundabout grew up in Rudgwick.
- Abigail King, writer and philanthropist, grew up in the village[13]
References
- ^ a b "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Area selected: Horsham (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ a b Lewis 1931, pp. 707–711.
- ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/466, in 1377, (Edward III); http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/E3/CP40no466/aCP40no466fronts/IMG_0025.htm; first entry
- ^ a b c Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 315.
- ^ a b Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 314.
- ^ Phillipson, Frank. "Crash of two RAF B-25's at "Pallinghurst" Rudgwick 7th Jan. 1944". Dunsfold Air Field. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Heath, Jacob. "Rudgwick: The tiny Horsham village in West Sussex that gave its name to a dinosaur". Sussex Live. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Contact Us." (Archive) Rudgwick Primary School. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Address Rudgwick Primary School Tates Way Rudgwick West Sussex RH12 3HW"
- ^ "INFORMATION IN ENGLISH." (Archive) Rikkyo School in England. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Guildford Road,Rudgwick,W-Sussex RH12 3BE ENGLAND"
- ^ Bertram Prance (1889-1958) - The Prance Family website
- ^ King, Abigail. "Standing up for Bruntsfield". The Student. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
Sources
- Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1931) [1848]. A Topographical Dictionary of England (Seventh ed.). London: Samuel Lewis. pp. 707–711.
- ISBN 0-14-071028-0.