Greatham, West Sussex
Coordinates: 50°56′02″N 0°30′57″W / 50.93399°N 0.51576°W
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 Greatham Bridge |
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| OS grid reference | TQ043159 |
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| Civil parish | Parham |
| District | Horsham |
| Shire county | West Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Arundel and South Downs |
| List of places: UK • England • West Sussex | |
Greatham is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Coldwaltham to Storrington road 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south of Pulborough.
[edit] History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Gretham, in 1121 as Gretheam, and Gruteham later in the 12th century.[1]
Greatham Bridge was built by Sir Henry Tregoz in the early 14th century.[2] The iron section was built after floods had damaged the bridge in 1838. A skirmish took place near the bridge during the English Civil War.
[edit] Parish church
The undedicated small rectangular Church of England parish church is similar to Wiggonholt parish church, with which it often shared a priest in the Middle Ages. The rectangular single-room church has rubble ironstone walls which have mostly lancet windows and are probably 12th century. There is a slate-hung bell turret at the western end. Inside are an unusual double decker pulpit and a 17th century altar rail.[3]
[edit] References
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- ^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 204. ISBN 0198691033.
- ^ P.A.L.Vine, Images of England. The Arun Navigation Tempus Publishing Limited 2000 ISBN 0 7524 2103 4 p64.
- ^ Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 232. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
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