South Harting
Coordinates: 50°58′11″N 0°52′57″W / 50.96983°N 0.88263°W
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 South Harting seen from the church |
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South Harting shown within West Sussex |
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| OS grid reference | SU785195 |
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| District | Chichester |
| 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 | Chichester |
| List of places: UK • England • West Sussex | |
South Harting is a village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies within the civil parish of Harting. The village sits on the B2146 Road four miles (6.4 km) southeast of Petersfield, Hampshire.
The village of South Harting has two churches, one Anglican and one Congregational. The village also has a school, Harting Church of England Primary School, which takes children from four to eleven years old. Alongside the school is the village hall from which a pre-school group operates. It has two pubs, The White Hart and The Ship.
The National Trust property Uppark sits high on the South Downs 1 mile (1.6km) south of the village on the B2146. H.G Wells sometimes lived at Uppark as a young man when his mother worked as a lady's maid there.
The Victorian writer, Anthony Trollope spent the last years of his life in South Harting. He moved to the village in 1880 where he lived at The Grange. His pen, paperknife and letter scales are on display in the Church of St. Mary and St.Gabriel in South Harting.
[edit] Anglican Church
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The parish church of St Mary and St Gabriel is at the southern end of the village, in an elevated position. In the churchyard is a tall World War I memorial by Eric Gill. In 2010 the church underwent improvements imcluding the building of an attached room for the Sunday school.
[edit] Events
The Anglican church often arranges community events and fundraising co-ordinated by congregation in the surrounding villages. But the community often also sets up event in South Gardens, a rec area with a lake that has been used to host community events.
Every Whit Monday Harting celebrates the Festivities, this has happened since 1800 and is in support of the Old Club.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: South Harting |
- South Harting in West Sussex, westsussex.info
- The Harting Parish Guide, Gravelroots
- Harting - St Mary and St Gabriel, Sussex Parish Churches
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