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Graffham

Village and parish in West Sussex, England

Field	Value
official_name	Graffham
country	England
civil_parish	Graffham
region	South East England
static_image_name	Parish church of St Giles Graffam - geograph.org.uk - 1802561.jpg
static_image_caption	Parish church of St Giles, Graffham
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	11.81
population	516.
population_ref	2011 Census
population_density	43 /km2
os_grid_reference	SU927175
coordinates
post_town	PETWORTH
postcode_area	GU
postcode_district	GU28
dial_code	01798
constituency_westminster	Arundel and South Downs
london_distance	45 mi NNE
shire_district	Chichester
shire_county	West Sussex
website	https://graffham-pc.uk/

Note

the village in West Sussex

Graffham is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England, situated on the northern escarpment of the South Downs within the South Downs National Park. The civil parish is made up of the village of Graffham, part of the hamlet of Selham, and South Ambersham. It forms part of the Bury Ward for the purposes of electing a Councillor to Chichester District Council.

History

Graffham was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) in the ancient hundred of Easebourne as having 13 households: seven villagers and six smallholders; with land for ploughing, woodland for pigs and a church, the parish's value to the lord of the manor was £8.

In the 1861 census, the parish covered 1658 acre and had a population of 410. Selham was still a separate parish covering 1042 acre with a population of 123.

Demography

In the 2001 census, the parish covered 11.81 km2 (2,917 acres) and had 229 households with a total population of 510 of whom 229 residents were economically active. The population at the 2021 Census was 517.

Amenities

The village of Graffham contains three pubs The Forester's Arms The White Horse, and The Three Moles (just across the parish boundary in Selham), a recreation ground, a village shop, the Anglican parish church of St Giles, which was largely rebuilt between 1874 and 1887, and a primary school. Seaford College, an independent school, is close by.

Notable people

Timothy Bell, Baron Bell (1941-2019), advertising and public relations executive
Ann Dally (1926-2007), author and psychiatrist.
Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892), cleric, curate to John Sargent
Harry Ricardo (1885-1974), engineer, improver of the internal combustion engine
John Sargent (1780-1833), clergyman, academic and biographer
Ethel Scarborough (1880-1956), pianist, composer and politician, lived at Quiet Court.
Jane Vigor (1699-1783), letter writer, born in Graffham
Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873), Church of England bishop
David Young, Baron Young of Graffham (1932-2022), politician

Panorama from the South Downs, above the village and facing north.

References

"2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". West Sussex County Council.
"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
"Open Domesday: Graffham".
"GENUKI: Graffham".
"GENUKI: Selham".
Crawford, Catherine. "Dally, Ann Gwendolen".
Helena Wojtczak. ''Notable Sussex Women: 580 Biographical Sketches'' (2008), p. 52

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