| Main | Births etc |
|---|
| Rudgwick | |
 Rudgwick Rudgwick shown within West Sussex | |
| Area | [1] |
|---|---|
| Population | 2,791 (2001 census)[2] |
| - Density | |
| OS grid reference | |
| - London | 32 miles (51 km) NNE |
| Parish | Rudgwick |
| District | Horsham |
| Shire county | West Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Horsham |
| Postcode district | RH12 |
| Dialling code | 01403 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Horsham |
| Website | Rudgwick.net |
| List of places: UK • England • West Sussex | |
Rudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is 6 miles (10 km) west of Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The parish's northern boundary forms part of the county boundary between Surrey and West Sussex.
The parish covers 6,394 acres (2,587.6 ha).[1] The 2001 Census recorded 2,791 people[2] living in 1,013 households, of whom 1,425 were economically active.
History[]
Historically Ridgewick was an alternative form of the toponym.[3]
The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity has a 12th century Norman font of Sussex Marble.[4] The belltower is early 13th century.[5] The church was largely rebuilt in the 14th century, when the north aisle was added and probably the present chancel was built.[5]
The parish has two 17th century farmhouses. Garlands, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the village, is early 17th century and Redhouse Farm 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village is late 17th century.[4] Naldrett House, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village, is an 18th century Georgian farmhouse of three bays and two storeys, built of brick with stone quoins.[4]
Rudgwick had a Dissenters' chapel by 1848.[3]
Rudgwick railway station on the Cranleigh Line was opened in 1865 and closed in 1965.
References[]
- ^ a b "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". West Sussex County Council. http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Area selected: Horsham (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=zynTTnlFQhDppxX4Y9cKs31pMyN7vvxnFRj1GZmDhLywWNJtQ7G6!-1180959260!1323820293063?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790546. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ a b Lewis 1848, pp. 707–711.
- ^ a b c Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 315.
- ^ a b Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 314. Cite error: Invalid
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Sources[]
- Lewis, Samuel, ed (1931) [1848]. A Topographical Dictionary of England (Seventh ed.). London: Samuel Lewis. pp. 707–711.
- Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 314–315. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
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