Linchmere

Linchmere
Linchmere  Linchmere shown within West Sussex
Area	9.03 km^2 (3.49 sq mi) [1]
Population	2,392. 2011 Census[2]
– density	246/km^2 (640/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU869308
– London	41 miles (66 km) NE
Civil parish	Linchmere
District	Chichester
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HASLEMERE
Postcode district	GU27 3
Dialling code	01428
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Chichester
List of places UK England West Sussex

Coordinates: 51°04′15″N 0°45′36″W / 51.07091°N 0.75999°W

Linchmere, also often spelled Lynchmere, is village and a civil parish, the northernmost parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. As well as Linchmere village, the parish contains the settlements of Hammer and Camelsdale.

Linchmere parish is bordered to the north by Haslemere in Surrey with a tributary of the River Wey as boundary, to the east by Fernhurst parish, to the south by Linch civil parish with the Shulbrede stream as boundary, and to the west by the civil parish of Bramshott in Hampshire.

In the 2001 census there were in the civil parish 836 households, with a total population of 2,225 of whom 1,127 were economically active.

Richard Dimbleby is buried in St Peter's churchyard.

History

Shulbrede Priory

The name Linchmere was, in ancient times, spelled Wlenchemere.

The area includes the remains of an Augustinian priory founded in 1200 and at first known as Woolynchmere Priory. Its later name, Shulbrede Priory, is now attached to the priory remains (located 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) southwards from Linchmere village centre), to an associated manor house, and to the peerage of Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede.

The settlement at Hammer took its name from an iron mill which was active there from before 1573 until at least 1730. There were also other iron works in the district including one partly in what is now Fernhurst parish, in Furnace Wood near Lower Lodge Farm, apparently started a little before 1620. The associated water supply is still named Furnace Pond and is just 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) south of Linchmere village centre.^[3]

References

1. "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 15 October 2015.
3. "History: FURNHURST FURNACE also known as NORTH PARK FURNACE, LINCHMERE.". Retrieved 10 November 2012.

• Ordnance Survey Explorer (scale 1:25,000) map 133 Haslemere & Petersfield

External links

• Linchmere Civil Parish Council information page
• British History Online:Linchmere
• The priory and manor of Lynchmere and Shulbrede