Slinfold
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| Area | 16.95 km2 (6.54 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 1,647 (2001 census)[2] 2,055 (2011 Census)[3] |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] TQ1131] |
| • London | 45 miles (72 km) NNE |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Horsham |
| Postcode district | RH13 |
| Dialling code | 01403 |
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| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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| Website | Slinfold 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 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
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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.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The present house on the site appears to date from the 16th or 17th century.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. During the English Civil War the Parliamentarian commander Sir William Waller sacked a house on this site in 1643.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Slinfold Manor, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the village, is a Georgian house built late in the 18th century.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. 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.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
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.[7] Where Slinfold Railway station used to be is now a Caravan Club site.[8]
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.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Slinfold Chapel is linked with Horsham United Reformed Church.[9]
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.[10]
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.[11] It is also the home of the LMGT3 class FIA World Endurance Championship team TF Sport.[12]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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 Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Area selected: Horsham (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Civil Parish population 2011". Neighboiurhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."River Adur". Waterscape. British Waterways. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
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- ^ The Red Lyon
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Slinfold Caravan Site". Club Sites. The Caravan Club. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Horsham URC". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 208. ISBN 9780340165973.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Slinfold". Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Contacts". Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
Sources
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1931) [1848]. A Topographical Dictionary of England (Seventh ed.). London: Samuel Lewis. pp. 120–123.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 328–329. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
External links
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