Slinfold
Slinfold | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Horsham | |
Postcode district | RH13 | |
Dialling code | 01403 | |
Police | Sussex | |
Fire | West Sussex | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | Slinfold Parish Council | |
Slinfold is a village and
Geography
The village is almost 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Horsham, just off the A29 road.
The parish covers 4,186 acres (1,694 ha). The 2001 Census recorded a population of 1,647 people[2] living in 627 households of whom 780 were economically active.[citation needed]
Slinfold is the source of the western River Adur, which flows to the English Channel at Shoreham-by-Sea[4]
History
Roman remains
Alfoldean, Slinfold, West Sussex subject of a dig by archaeological television programme Time Team in 2006,[5] the site of one of a probable four mansiones on the route of Stane Street between London and Chichester.[6]
Manors
There has been a house at Dedisham, 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of the village, since at least 1271, when Henry III granted the then occupier a licence to crenellate the manor house then on the site.[7] The present house on the site appears to date from the 16th or 17th century.[7] During the English Civil War the Parliamentarian commander Sir William Waller sacked a house on this site in 1643.[7]
Slinfold Manor, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the village, is a Georgian house built late in the 18th century.[7]
Economic and social history
Slinfold has a
Church and chapel
The
Slinfold Chapel is linked with Horsham United Reformed Church.[12]
Bell legend
It is said that there is a boggy hollow near Slinfold which contains a sunken bell. Long ago some villagers, hoping to retrieve the bell, sought the advice of a
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighboiurhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "River Adur". Waterscape. British Waterways. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Alfoldean, Slinfold, West Sussex: Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results" (PDF). Wessex Archaeology. April 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Alfoldean Roman site (1005838)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ a b c d Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 329.
- ^ a b Lewis 1931, pp. 120–123.
- ^ The Red Lyon
- The Caravan Club. Archivedfrom the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 328.
- ^ "Horsham URC". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ISBN 9780340165973.
Sources
- Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1931) [1848]. A Topographical Dictionary of England (Seventh ed.). London: Samuel Lewis. pp. 120–123.
- ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
External links
Media related to Slinfold at Wikimedia Commons