Walberton
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Walberton is a village and civil parish
in the Arun
District of West Sussex
, England
. It is located five miles (8 km) to the north-west of Littlehampton
, and is situated south of the A27 road
. Located on the southernmost slopes of the South Downs
the civil parish covers an area of 1044.19 hectares (2,580.2 acre) and has a population of 1941 persons (2001 census). It includes the villages of Binsted to the east and Fontwell to the west.
St Mary's Church
in Walberton has a Saxon
font
and west wall. There is a pub in Walberton The Holly Tree. This is recorded from 1845 and has been called by its present name since 1867. It reopened in late December 2010, after several months of closure. Towards the end of the village there is a small village pond where children often feed the ducks. There are a small number of shops and a post office next to the modern village hall.
Binsted has a pub, the Black Horse and a Norman church built in 1140 A.D. by the monks of Tortington Priory. Roman and medieval pottery and tile kilns have been excavated there.
The Hilton Avisford Park Hotel, with its golf course which lies between Walberton and Binsted, was formerly Avisford, a prep school for Roman Catholic boys (1928–73), where BBC presenter Edward Stourton was head boy and where the late Robert Nairac
spent a year teaching before university in the late 1960s. The children's writer Rosemary Sutcliff
spent the latter part of her life in Walberton.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the Arun
Arun
Arun is a local government district in West Sussex, England. It contains the towns of Arundel, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, and takes its name from the River Arun, which runs through the centre of the district.-History:...
District of West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is located five miles (8 km) to the north-west of Littlehampton
Littlehampton
Littlehampton is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, on the east bank at the mouth of the River Arun. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton and east of the county town of Chichester....
, and is situated south of the A27 road
A27 road
The A27 is a major road in England. It runs from its junction with the A36 at Whiteparish in the county of Wiltshire. It closely parallels the south coast, where it passes through West Sussex and terminates at Pevensey in East Sussex.Between Portsmouth and Lewes, it is one of the busiest trunk...
. Located on the southernmost slopes of the South Downs
South Downs
The South Downs is a range of chalk hills that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen Valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, in the east. It is bounded on its northern side by a steep escarpment, from whose...
the civil parish covers an area of 1044.19 hectares (2,580.2 acre) and has a population of 1941 persons (2001 census). It includes the villages of Binsted to the east and Fontwell to the west.
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church, Walberton
St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Walberton in the district of Arun, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex...
in Walberton has a Saxon
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
font
Baptismal font
A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:...
and west wall. There is a pub in Walberton The Holly Tree. This is recorded from 1845 and has been called by its present name since 1867. It reopened in late December 2010, after several months of closure. Towards the end of the village there is a small village pond where children often feed the ducks. There are a small number of shops and a post office next to the modern village hall.
Binsted has a pub, the Black Horse and a Norman church built in 1140 A.D. by the monks of Tortington Priory. Roman and medieval pottery and tile kilns have been excavated there.
The Hilton Avisford Park Hotel, with its golf course which lies between Walberton and Binsted, was formerly Avisford, a prep school for Roman Catholic boys (1928–73), where BBC presenter Edward Stourton was head boy and where the late Robert Nairac
Robert Nairac
Captain Robert Laurence Nairac GC was a British Army officer who was abducted from a pub in south County Armagh during an undercover operation and killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on his fourth tour of duty in Northern Ireland as a Military Intelligence Liaison Officer...
spent a year teaching before university in the late 1960s. The children's writer Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff CBE was a British novelist, and writer for children, best known as a writer of historical fiction and children's literature. Although she was primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults; Sutcliff herself once commented that she wrote...
spent the latter part of her life in Walberton.
External links
- Detailed history of Walberton to the present day at British History Online: Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- The village's 36 listed historic buildings are described here: Retrieved 12 September 2011.