Plaistow, West Sussex
| Plaistow | |
|---|---|
 Plaistow village centre | |
| Population | 1,898 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TQ004309 |
| • London | 36 miles (58 km) NNE |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BILLINGSHURST |
| Postcode district | RH14 0NR |
| Dialling code | 01403 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Plaistow (/ˈplæstoʊ/ PLAST-oh[2]) is a village in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It lay within the civil parish of Plaistow and Ifold. There is a village green with a pond, a shop overlooking it, a pub, The Sun Inn and an Anglican Church, all in the centre of the village. There are over thirty graded (previously known as listed) buildings in the village.[citation needed] The Sun Inn was purchased by the Pullen family in 1807. Plaistow Church was built in 1810 and Plaistow School in 1869. The village primary school is shared with Kirdford.
The village has its own football club, Plaistow FC, which formed in 1931 and was admitted to the Horsham and District League. They now play in the West Sussex Football League. The home ground is 'Foxfields'.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward includes Loxwood and also stretches West to Lurgashall. At the 2011 Census it had a total ward population of 4,784.[3]
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ Martha Figueroa-Clark,"BBC - Magazine Monitor: How to Say: Plaistow", BBC, October 16, 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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