Woodmancote (Horsham)
| Woodmancote | ||||
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 St. Peter's Church |
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| Basic data | ||||
| status | Village and Civil Parish | |||
| surface | 8.49 km² | |||
| population | 543 (as of 2011) | |||
| Ceremony county | West Sussex | |||
| District | Horsham District | |||
| Constituency | Arundel and South Downs | |||
| Website: www.woodmancoteparishcouncil.gov.uk | ||||
Woodmancote is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex , England . It is located one mile southeast of Henfield on the A281. It should not be confused with the other village in West Sussex, also called Woodmancote , and located near Chichester .
The scattered settlement has no village center, but it does include the hamlet of Blackstone . The Anglican Parish Church of St. Peter’s , which stands as a single building on the A281, is not far from Woodmancote Place , a large house that serves as a country club. The first church building is dated to the 13th century, after being destroyed the church was rebuilt in 1868. There is a church hall and a public house, the Wheatsheaf in Wheatsheaf Lane .
The Parish was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as an Odemancote . Two of the Lewes martyrs who were burned at the stake in the persecution of Protestants by Mary I of England in 1556 were named Thomas Harland and John Oswald. Both come from the place.
The parish has an area of 849 hectares. In the United Kingdom Census 2001 there were 478 inhabitants who lived in 189 households. 248 residents had economic employment.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ N , 0 ° 15 ′ W