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Linch

Parish in West Sussex, England

Field	Value
official_name	Linch
country	England
civil_parish	Linch
region	South East England
static_image	St Luke's Church, Woodmansgreen, Linch (Geograph Image 2450113 16284f22).jpg
static_image_width	250px
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	3.44
population	78
population_ref	2001 Census
population_density	23 /km2
os_grid_reference	SU861275
coordinates
post_town	LIPHOOK
postcode_area	GU
postcode_district	GU30
dial_code	01428
constituency_westminster	Chichester
london_distance	43 mi NE
shire_district	Chichester
shire_county	West Sussex

Linch is an Anglican parish, and a loose collection of hamlets that make up the civil parish of the same name in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, 5 mi northwest of Midhurst. It has an eighteenth-century church dedicated to St Luke.

History

Norman period

Linch (Lince) was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) in the ancient hundred of Easebourne as having 14 households: seven villagers, five smallholders and two slaves; with woodland, meadows, ploughing land and a church, it had a value to the lord of the manor, Robert, son of Theobald, of £5.

19th century

In 1861, the parish area was 1220 acre, described as "chiefly waste or woodland", and a population of 111.

21st century

In the 2001 census there were 29 households in the civil parish with a total population of 78 of whom 40 were economically active.

Parish church

According to Kelly's Directory of 1867, the parish church of St Luke was built around 1700. It contains an unusual stained glass window of much earlier date; the stone church is otherwise plain.

Hollycombe Steam Collection

The Hollycombe Steam Collection is in the parish.

References

"2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". West Sussex County Council.
"GENUKI: Linch".
"Open Domesday: Linch".
Brian Gooding. (11 December 2003). "Obituary: John Baldock". The Guardian.

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