Binderton
Binderton is a hamlet in the Lavant Valley on the edge of the South Downs in West Sussex , England. It belongs to the parish of West Dean .
history
Binderton is in the Atrebates area . The Roman road to Chichester ( Noviomagus ), the provincial capital at that time, crosses Binderton, but there is no evidence of a Roman settlement. The name (ending - ton , settlement, farm) indicates an Anglo-Saxon foundation. Binderton is mentioned in the Doomesday Book . After that it belonged to Countess Gytha and paid seven skins as taxes, after that it belonged to the Duke himself and paid three skins. It had land for four farms. It was inhabited by 8 villeins and 9 small farmers with two plows. Its value was set at 100 shillings.
It subsequently belonged to the Cistercian monastery of Tarrent in Dorset and then fell to Lord Lumley, then the Smyth family. Binderton owned a Norman chapel which was destroyed in 1680 by Thomas Smyth when he was building his new mansion (now Binderton House west of the A286). Smyth built a new chapel some distance from the mansion but failed to seek permission from the bishop, John Lake, who then refused to consecrate it. It was never used and is still empty today. Baronet Sir James Peachy of West Dean traded the property, then Mrs. Leveson Vernon Harcourt inherited it. Binderton's population declined since the late Middle Ages, and part of the settlement fell into desolation . On the tithe list from 1847, the settlement largely has its current shape. In 1867 it had 96 inhabitants.
traffic
The A 286 connects Binderton with Chichester in the south and Midhurst in the north, there is also a bus connection to both cities, which, however, closes in the evening (from 6 p.m.). The railway line between Chichester and Midhurst, which also touched Binderton (course east of the Lavant), has long been shut down. The Centurion Way follows its course between Chichester and Binderton . A footpath leads from Binderton to the Trundle , a hill dominating the area with an Iron Age fortification on it.
literature
- David Rudling (Ed.), The archeology of Sussex to AD 2000. Kings Lynn, Norfolk Heritage Marketing and Publications on behalf of The Center of Continuing Education, University of Sussex , 2003.
- A. Mawer / FM Stenton, The Place-names of Sussex. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1930.
- Kelly's Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1867.