Runcton

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

::summary Village in West Sussex, England ::

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

Field	Value
country	England
static_image	The Walnut Tree pub garden, Runcton, West Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 2098465.jpg
static_image_caption	The Walnut Tree pub garden
coordinates
official_name	Runcton
civil_parish	North Mundham
shire_district	Chichester
shire_county	West Sussex
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Chichester
post_town	Chichester
postcode_district	PO20
postcode_area	PO
os_grid_reference	SU880024
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| country = England | static_image = The Walnut Tree pub garden, Runcton, West Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 2098465.jpg | static_image_caption = The Walnut Tree pub garden | coordinates = | official_name = Runcton | population = | civil_parish = North Mundham | shire_district = Chichester | shire_county = West Sussex | region = South East England | constituency_westminster = Chichester | post_town = Chichester | postcode_district = PO20 | postcode_area = PO | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SU880024 Runcton is a village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2166 road 1.9 mi southeast of Chichester.

In the 2011 census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of North Mundham.

The village includes a farm shop, garden centre, a pub The Walnut Tree, nearby North Mundham primary school and Chichester Free School.

History

Runcton was a significant settlement in the ancient hundred of Boxgrove and was listed in the Domesday survey of 1086 as having 26 households (six villagers, five slaves and 15 cottagers). Resources included ploughing lands, two mills and a fishery.

Prior to 1086, the Norman lord Roger of Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury and Chichester, gave the manor of Runcton to the Norman abbey of Troarn: in 1260, Bruton Priory in Somerset took over all the English lands of Troarn abbey. After the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s, Thomas Bowyer bought the manor of Runcton and joined it with the manor of North Mundham.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Runcton_Mill_-geograph.org.uk-_4147077.jpg" caption="Runcton Mill (1949)"] ::

In 1848, the hamlet of Runcton had 98 inhabitants.

Listed buildings

Runcton Manor is a Grade II-listed house on Runcton Lane: the main front part is a Regency era building, from the late 18th/early 19th century, with an older building to the rear.

There are four other listed buildings: Severals (II*), Springdale Cottage, Runcton Manor, Runcton Mill and Runcton Cottage.

Amenities

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Manor_Nurseries_outside_display,Runcton-geograph.org.uk-_6491034.jpg" caption="Manor Nurseries (2020)"] ::

Local amenities including a farm shop, garden centre, a pub The Walnut Tree, nearby North Mundham primary school and Chichester Free School.

References

References

1. Ordnance Survey
2. "Open Domesday: Runcton".
3. "'Alien houses: Priory of Runcton', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 2,".
4. "'North Mundham', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4, the Rape of Chichester".
5. "Rufford - Runwick Pages 711-716 A Topographical Dictionary of England".
6. "Runcton Manor".
7. {{NHLE
8. "British Listed Buildings: Runcton".
9. "Bing Maps: Runcton".

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