Slinfold

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Village and parish in West Sussex, England

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

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official_nameSlinfold
static_image_nameChurch of St. Peter, Slinfold - geograph.org.uk - 52711.jpg
static_image_captionSt. Peter's parish church
area_footnotes
area_total_km216.95
population1647
population_ref(2001 census)
2,055 (2011 Census)
population_density97 /km2
coordinates
os_grid_referenceTQ1131
label_positionbottom
london_distance45 mi NNE
civil_parishSlinfold
shire_districtHorsham
shire_countyWest Sussex
regionSouth East England
countryEngland
post_townHorsham
postcode_areaRH
postcode_districtRH13
dial_code01403
constituency_westminsterHorsham
websiteSlinfold Parish Council
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Slinfold is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.

Geography

The village is almost 4 mi west of Horsham, just off the A29 road.

The parish covers 4186 acre. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 1,647 people living in 627 households of whom 780 were economically active.

Slinfold is the source of the western River Adur, which flows to the English Channel at Shoreham-by-Sea

History

Roman remains

Main article: Alfodean

Alfodean was excavated by archaeological television programme Time Team in 2006, the site of one of a probable four mansiones on the route of Stane Street between London and Chichester.

Manors

There has been a house at Dedisham, 1 mi 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. The present house on the site appears to date from the 16th or 17th century. During the English Civil War the Parliamentarian commander Sir William Waller sacked a house on this site in 1643.

Slinfold Manor, 1.5 mi south of the village, is a Georgian house built late in the 18th century.

Economic and social history

Slinfold railway station on the Cranleigh Line was opened in 1865 and closed in 1965. The trackbed of the line now forms part of the Downs Link Bridleway. The route of the former Roman road linking London and Chichester passes through the parish and a Roman posting station existed at Alfoldean. In 1848 it was recorded that Roman swords and brass ornaments had been found in the parish.

Slinfold has a village shop and Post Office, a primary school and pre-school, a recreation ground, a village hall and one public house, the Red Lyon. Where Slinfold Railway station used to be is now a Caravan Club site.

Church and chapel

The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter was designed by the Gothic Revival architect Benjamin Ferrey in a late 13th-century style and built in 1861 on the site of the original medieval parish church.

Slinfold Chapel is linked with Horsham United Reformed Church.

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 witch. She told them that it could only be retrieved by 12 white oxen, at midnight. The oxen were used, but one villager broke the witch's instructions by speaking, and the bell sank back into the bog.

Sport

The village is home to an 18-hole golf course, the Slinfold Cricket club who play in the Sussex Cricket League, and Slinfold FC, who play in the West Sussex Football League. It is also the home of the LMGT3 class FIA World Endurance Championship team TF Sport.

References

Sources

References

  1. "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". [[West Sussex County Council]].
  2. "Area selected: Horsham (Non-Metropolitan District)". [[Office for National Statistics]].
  3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
  4. "River Adur". [[British Waterways]].
  5. . (April 2006). ["Alfoldean, Slinfold, West Sussex: Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results"](https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/sites/default/files/59473_Alfoldean%20Horsham.pdf). *Wessex Archaeology*.
  6. {{National Heritage List for England
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20020320011528/http://www.theredlyon.co.uk/ The Red Lyon]
  8. "Slinfold Caravan Site". [[The Caravan Club]].
  9. "Horsham URC".
  10. Ash, Russell. (1973). "Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain". Reader's Digest Association Limited.
  11. "Slinfold".
  12. "Contacts".

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