Easebourne

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title: "Easebourne" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-west-sussex", "chichester-district"] description: "Village and parish in West Sussex, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-west-sussex" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easebourne" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and parish in West Sussex, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Easebourne
country	England
civil_parish	Easebourne
region	South East England
static_image_name	Easebourne Priory 2.jpg
static_image_caption	Easebourne Priory
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	17.95
population	1,820.
population_ref	2011 Census
population_density	96 /km2
os_grid_reference	SU894225
coordinates
post_town	MIDHURST
postcode_area	GU
postcode_district	GU29
dial_code	01730
constituency_westminster	Arundel and South Downs
london_distance	44 mi NE
shire_district	Chichester
shire_county	West Sussex
website	http://www.easebourne.org/
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| official_name = Easebourne | country = England | civil_parish = Easebourne | region = South East England | static_image_name = Easebourne Priory 2.jpg | static_image_caption = Easebourne Priory | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 17.95 | population = 1,820. | population_ref = 2011 Census | population_density = 96 /km2 | os_grid_reference = SU894225 | coordinates = | post_town = MIDHURST | postcode_area = GU | postcode_district = GU29 | dial_code = 01730 | constituency_westminster = Arundel and South Downs | london_distance = 44 mi NE | shire_district = Chichester | shire_county = West Sussex | website = http://www.easebourne.org/ Easebourne () is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is half a mile (0.8 km) north of Midhurst, across the River Rother on the A272 and A286 roads. The parish includes the hamlet of Henley to the north. In the 2001 census there were 708 households with a total population of 1,717.

History

Easebourne (Eseburne) was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as an ancient Hundred, an extensive area reaching as far afield as Graffham and Cocking to the south, Stedham to the west and Tillington to the east, as well as two hamlets that were not parishes: Todham to the southeast and Buddington to the west; in total it included 12 settlements containing 276 households.

In 1861, the population was 859, and the area of the parish 4043 acre.

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward includes Lodsworth and at the 2011 census had a population of 2,492.

Amenities

There is one public house in Easebourne, the White Horse, and one in Henley, the Duke Of Cumberland. The Rother Inn closed in 1994 and the Holly Tree in 2004. Cowdray Park, to the east of the village, has a golf course, and is home to a cricket club and a first-class polo club.

Parish

The parish church of St Mary is 13th century or earlier, and is a Grade I listed building. The parish includes the hamlet of Henley to the north, where there was a Mission Hall established in 1885, since closed. In the 2001 census there were 708 households with a total population of 1,717 of whom 785 were economically active.

Notable buildings

Including the parish church, there are 88 listed buildings in the parish of Easebourne.

Adjacent to the cricket ground lie the ruins of the Tudor Cowdray House, built as a mansion with castle features. Started in 1520, it was completed by 1542, but was devastated by fire in 1793. A restoration project in the early 20th century helped to stabilise the ruins.

Easebourne Priory was built for ten Augustinian canonesses and was founded before 1238 by the de Bohun family who were from St. Ann's Hill in nearby Midhurst.

On the northern edge of Easebourne village on the A286 road Budgenor Lodge, converted into flats in 2006, is the former Midhurst Union Workhouse which was opened in 1794 by a Gilbert Union of seventeen parishes. From 1835 it was run and enlarged by the Midhurst Poor Law Union, serving 26 parishes.

The bridge over the River Rother, which forms the boundary between Midhurst parish's North Street and Easebourne parish's Easebourne Lane, is a listed structure, built in 1826.

Notable people

Anti-apartheid activist Helen Joseph was born in the village in 1905. Rear-Admiral Francis Buller lived in Easebourne in retirement. Actors Laurence Fox and Billie Piper were married in St Mary's Church in 2007.

References

References

1. "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". West Sussex County Council.
2. "Civil parish population 2011".
3. Coates, Richard. (2017). "A Dictionary of Sussex Place-Names". University of the West of England, Bristol.
4. "Open Domesday: (Great and Little) Todham".
5. "Open Domesday: Buddington".
6. "Open Domesday: Easebourne Hundred".
7. "GENUKI: Easebourne".
8. "Ward population 2011".
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10. "The Parish Church of St Mary, Easebourne".
11. "Henley Mission Hall, Henley Common".
12. "British Listed Buildings: Easebourne".
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14. "The history of Cowdray ruins".
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16. [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Midhurst/ Peter Higginbotham's Workhouse website ]
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18. "South African History Online: Helen Joseph".
19. (23 July 1943). "Easebourne Admiral's death". Hampshire Telegraph.
20. (31 December 2007). "Church wedding for Piper and Fox". BBC News.

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