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North Stoke, West Sussex

Village and parish in West Sussex, England

North Stoke, West Sussex
Summary

Village and parish in West Sussex, England

FieldValue
official_nameNorth Stoke
static_image_nameNorth Stoke Farmhouse.JPG
static_image_captionNorth Stoke Farmhouse
coordinates
os_grid_referenceTQ019107
label_positionbottom
civil_parishAmberley
shire_districtHorsham
shire_countyWest Sussex
regionSouth East England
countryEngland
constituency_westminsterArundel and South Downs
post_townArundel
postcode_districtBN18
postcode_areaBN
dial_code01798

**North Stoke ** is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Amberley, in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It is just over 2 mi north of Arundel and 0.7 mi south of Amberley railway station, and is at the end of a no through road from the station. In 1931 the parish had a population of 70. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Amberley.

Geography

The village is on a spur of slightly higher ground on the east bank of a loop of the River Arun, surrounded by water meadows. It is in the middle of the gap eroded through the South Downs by the River Arun. Another small settlement on the west bank, South Stoke is about 0.5 mi to the south east and can be reached by a footpath and a footbridge over the river. A suspension bridge on the path was rebuilt by British Army Gurkhas in 2009 after being damaged by a falling tree.

Manor

North Stoke is a medieval village, recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. It has lost most of its population, possibly due to Black Death in the Middle Ages or because the landowner preferred to enclose the land for sheep pasture. This has left a notable example of a Norman and Early English Gothic church, which is Listed Grade I.

Parish church

St. Mary the Virgin parish church]], whose dedication was rediscovered in 2007

Main article: St Mary the Virgin's Church, North Stoke

The Church of England parish church of the Virgin Mary is now redundant and maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust. It is a Grade I listed building. The church's dedication had been long forgotten but in 2007 it was rediscovered from a scrap of a vellum letter dated 1275 from Stephen Bersted, Bishop of Chichester to Edward I. The church was accordingly rededicated to the Virgin Mary in December 2007.

References

References

  1. "Population statistics North Stoke AP/CP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
  2. "Relationships and changes North Stoke AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
  3. (23 April 2009). "Historic suspension footbridge to be restored by Gurkhas". [[West Sussex County Council]].
  4. (2006). "Heritage Gateway Listed Buildings Online — North Stoke Church, North Stoke, Amberley, Horsham, West Sussex". Heritage Gateway ([[English Heritage]], Institute of Historic Building Conservation and [[ALGAO.
  5. Watney, Simon. (2007). "20 Sussex Churches". Snake River Press.
  6. {{NHLE. (2011)
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