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Dial Post
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Dial Post is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The civil parish, where the lowest level political meetings are held, is West Grinstead in the north-east - its biggest settlement is 2 miles (3.2 km) east at Partridge Green. It has a population of around 100 based on the average headcount per inhabited dwelling. In 2001 the population of the civil parish as a whole was 2,934 [1]

History

The latter building, Dial Post House is a large building dated 1712, which post-dates name of the settlement[2]

The origin of the name is uncertain but Dial Post farm, Dial Post fields, and Dial Post house were named in the early 18th century.[3]

From: 'West Grinstead', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2: Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) including Horsham (1986), pp. 83–89. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18329 Date accessed: 12 August 2012. Dial Post farm, which comprised 300 acres (120 ha) c. 1710 when it was leased for 21 years.[4]

From: 'West Grinstead: Economic history', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2: Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) including Horsham (1986), pp. 94–99. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18331 Date accessed: 12 August 2012. The ruins of medieval Knepp Castle lie between Dial Post and Southwater by the A24.[5]

Geography

Today

The Green

There is one public house, the Crown, but no church or shops.

The village centre retains four of the area's listed buildings, all of Grade II:

  • New Lodge[6]
  • Hazel Cottage[7]
  • Alma Cottage[8]
  • Dial Post House[2]

A new village hall, built with the help of a £50,000 grant from the Sussex Downs and Low Weald LEADER programme, was completed early in 2010.[9]

The ecclesastical parish centres on an ancient Grade I listed church, St George in the middle of West Grinstead[10][11] The parishioners have undertaken to maintain the chancel in exchange for the grant from the glebe estate in 1511 of the church house, see chancel repair liability.[11] Similarly, across that village centre is the listed Catholic Church of our Lady of Consolation and St Francis.[12]

Transport

Dial Post was originally on the main but picturesque A24 road linking London, Epsom, Leatherhead, Horsham and Worthing, between Southwater and Ashington, but a straighter bypass exists to the east.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk 2001 census details
  2. ^ a b Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1354247)". National Heritage List for England. Dial Post House listing entry
  3. ^ T P Hudson (Editor), A P Baggs, C R J Currie, C R Elrington, S M Keeling, A M Rowland (1986). "West Grinstead". A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2: Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) including Horsham. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 12 August 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ T P Hudson (Editor), A P Baggs, C R J Currie, C R Elrington, S M Keeling, A M Rowland (1986). "West Grinstead: Economic history". A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2: Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) including Horsham. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 12 August 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Historic England. Knepp Castle listing "Details from listed building database (1010765 Knepp Castle listing)". National Heritage List for England. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  6. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1026870)". National Heritage List for England. New Lodge listing entry
  7. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1181662)". National Heritage List for England. Hazel Cottage listing entry
  8. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1354274)". National Heritage List for England. Alma Cottage listing entry
  9. ^ Richard Chalk. "Dial Post Village Hall". Rural Development Programme for England. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1284797)". National Heritage List for England. St George's Church.
  11. ^ a b T P Hudson (Editor), A P Baggs, C R J Currie, C R Elrington, S M Keeling, A M Rowland (1986). post "West Grinstead: Churches". A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2: Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) including Horsham. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 12 August 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1391890)". National Heritage List for England. Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis

External links

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