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Parham, West Sussex

Civil parish in West Sussex, England

Field	Value
official_name	Parham
static_image_name	St Peters church in Parham Park (geograph 4633740).jpg
static_image_caption	St Peter's church in Parham Park
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	15.86
population	214
population_ref	(2001 Census
population_density	13 /km2
os_grid_reference	TQ060142
coordinates
civil_parish	Parham
shire_district	Horsham
shire_county	West Sussex
region	South East England
country	England
post_town	Pulborough
postcode_area	RH
postcode_district	RH20
dial_code	01903
constituency_westminster	Arundel and South Downs
london_distance	43 mi NNE

Parham is a civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. There was a village of Parham, around the parish church, but its few houses were destroyed in the early 19th century to create the landscaped park and gardens. The parish now consists of Parham Park and the farms and smaller settlements around it. The village is between Wiggonholt and Cootham, about 3 mi south of Pulborough on the A283 road.

The parish covers 1586 ha. The 2001 Census recorded 214 people living in 95 households, of whom 124 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population was 224.

The civil parish includes the hamlets of Rackham, southwest of Parham Park, and Wiggonholt on the A283 to the north, which has a small parish church.

History

The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter has a blocked two-bay arcade in the north wall of the nave that shows there used to be a north aisle. The lower part of the bell-tower is Perpendicular Gothic and the south chapel remains as it was built in 1545, but the remainder of the building was remodelled in the Georgian Gothick fashion in about 1820. who was a Knight of the Shire in 1351.

Parham Park originated as a grange of Westminster Abbey. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was converted into a south-facing E-shaped Elizabethan country house.

Nature reserves

Parham Park grounds are a Site of Special Scientific Interest. with a special biological interest for its epiphytic lichen flora, as an area for two rare beetles and its large heronry.

Pulborough Brooks, a nature reserve in the north of the parish is also an SSSI. It is beside the River Arun which floods in winter, providing a rich habitat for wading birds, ducks and geese. Part of the area is an RSPB reserve.

References

Sources

References

"2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". [[West Sussex County Council]].
"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
Nairn & Pevsner, 1965, page 292
The [[Baptismal font. font]] is a rare lead one from the middle of the 14th century, repeatedly inscribed with the legend ''IHS [[Nazareth
Nairn & Pevsner, 1965, page 290
Nairn & Pevsner, 1965, pages 290–291
"SSSI Citation — Parham Park". Natural England.
"SSSI Citation — Pulborough Brooks". Natural England.

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