East Preston, West Sussex
Coordinates: 50°48′37″N 0°28′55″W / 50.81041°N 0.48189°W
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.JPG) St Mary's Church |
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 East Preston
East Preston shown within West Sussex |
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| Area | 2.41 km2 (0.93 sq mi) [1] |
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| Population | 5,919 [1] 2001 Census |
| - Density | 2,453 /km2 (6,350 /sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ070023 |
| - London | 50 miles (80 km) NNE |
| Civil parish | East Preston |
| District | Arun |
| Shire county | West Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LITTLEHAMPTON |
| Postcode district | BN16 |
| Dialling code | 01903 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Worthing West |
| List of places: UK • England • West Sussex | |
East Preston is a village and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England. It lies roughly half way between Littlehampton and Worthing. It has a population of about 5,000 and is popular as a retirement area.
The famous stage and film actor, Stanley Holloway is buried, along with his wife, in the grounds of St Mary's the virgin parish church having lived in nearby Angmering for many years[2].
East Preston has a number of private residential estates. From east to west the estates are: Kingston Gorse, West Kingston, Angmering on Sea and The Willowhayne.
The original village school is now an estate agent's. It was built in 1840 and started as a Sunday School funded by George Olliver. He received a reward for reporting a farm labourer(Edmund Bushby) for igniting a hayrick. The labourer burned the haydrick in protest against farm machinery replacing manual labour. Bushby was subsequently hanged. Over time the building was enlarged into the village school until it was given to the County Council in 1940. There were four classrooms, one very large room, having a curtain divided it into two. There were two separate playgrounds. This building remained as the village school until 1951 when the new school in Lashmar Road was opened.
[edit] 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 30 March 2009.
- ^ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9682343
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