Poling, West Sussex
Coordinates: 50°49′55″N 0°30′58″W / 50.832°N 0.516°W
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 St. Nicholas' parish church |
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| Area | 3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi) [1] |
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| Population | 173 (2001 Census[1]) |
| - Density | 54 /km2 (140 /sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ046047 |
| - London | 49 miles (79 km) NNE |
| Civil parish | Poling |
| District | Arun |
| Shire county | West Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Arundel |
| Postcode district | BN18 |
| Dialling code | 01903 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Arundel and South Downs |
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Poling is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Arundel on a minor road south of the A27.
The parish has a land area of 320.19 hectares (791 acres).[1] The 2001 Census recorded 173 people lived in 75 households, of whom 96 were economically active.[1]
The small village has two Grade I Listed buildings:[citation needed] the Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas, (in whose churchyard the cricketer Colin Cowdrey is buried), and some remains of St John's Priory (founded by the Knights Hospitallers) beside the main road. Many of the cottages are Grade II listed.[citation needed]
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History [edit]
Poling is in the Rape of Bramber, one of the traditional sub-divisions of Sussex and a former Norman barony.
In the Anglo-Saxon era Poling, like most coastal villages, had outlying areas of land in the Weald of Sussex used for summer grazing and timber production. Thus Poling gave its name to Pallingham north of Stopham and Pallinghurst west of Rudgwick. Poling also had land north of Petworth, then known as "Palinga Schittas", mentioned in a charter of AD 953. in connection with the pannage of pigs to feed on acorns.[2]
Parish church [edit]
St. Nicholas' parish church is on the south-east edge of the village next to Manor Farm and is reached by a footpath from Poling Street, next to the Old Vicarage.
Burials in St. Nicholas' churchyard include the Kent and MCC cricketer and cricket administrator Colin Cowdrey (1932–2000) and the explorer, botanist, artist and colonial administrator Sir Harry Johnston (1858–1927). Johnston is also commemorated by a wall plaque in the nave carved by the Arts and Crafts sculptor and typeface designer Eric Gill, who lived at Ditchling, East Sussex. The main typeface used on the plaque seems to be Gill's Perpetua, which he designed in 1925 but did not release until 1929. The lower-case typeface used for the Latin quote below is not presently recognised.[citation needed]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". West Sussex County Council. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ^ Jerrome, 2002, page 15
Sources and further reading [edit]
- Jerrome, Peter (2002). Petworth. From the beginnings to 1660. The Window Press. p. 15.[clarification needed]
- Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 308–309. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
- Page, William, ed. (1973). A History of the County of Sussex, Volume 2. Victoria County History. p. 93.
External links [edit]
Media related to Poling, West Sussex at Wikimedia Commons
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