Clapham, West Sussex

Clapham, West Sussex

Coordinates: 50°50′47″N 0°26′51″W / 50.84651°N 0.44746°W / 50.84651; -0.44746

Clapham
The Street, Clapham.JPG
The Street in Clapham August 2004
Clapham is located in West Sussex
Clapham

 Clapham shown within West Sussex
Area  5.15 km2 (1.99 sq mi) [1]
Population 317 [1] 2001 Census
    - Density  58 /km2 (150 /sq mi)
OS grid reference TQ094063
    - London  47 miles (76 km) NNE 
Parish Clapham
District Arun
Shire county West Sussex
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WORTHING
Postcode district BN13
Dialling code 01903
Police Sussex
Fire West Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Arundel and South Downs
Website http://www.arun.gov.uk/clapham
List of places: UK • England • West Sussex

Clapham is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. The parish has a population of 317 (2001 census) in an area of 515.12 hectares (1,272.9 acres). It lies three miles (5 km) north of Angmering on the A280 road and north of the A27 crossroads. It is adjacent to the village of Patching.

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Geography

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Clapham, believed to have been built in the 12th century.

The main part of the village is known simply as The Street, a single long dead-end road coming off the A280 and containing the majority of the village's housing. The Street is also home to the local school and, up a slight incline into the woods, the Church of St Mary the Virgin, a 12th-century building. The houses of The Street are a combination of 1930s council houses, much older original village cottages and post-Second World War bungalows in some of the new closes.

A turn-off from the A280 a few hundred metres to the south of The Street leads into Brickworks Lane (although this name is not often commonly used), named after the brickworks of the Clapham Common Brick & Tile Company which was based there from the early 20th century up until the 1970s, although the quantities of clay available meant that there had been brickmaking activity on the site since the 18th century. The site of the old brickworks is now occupied by a branch of the Travis Perkins builder's merchant's company, and at the end of Brickworks Lane there is a West Sussex County Council highways depot.

Brickworks Lane, with Clapham Common turning off to the right a little way in.

Clapham Common itself turns off Brickworks Lane and is mostly made up of 1930s council houses. Both roads are also dead ends.

The houses of the village are surrounded mostly by fields and woodland, but the increasing encroachment of housing and road-building into the area is decreasing this green belt. It is predicted that over the coming decades Clapham and Patching will be slowly absorbed into Durrington as more houses continue to be built.

History

Clapham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is spelled Clopeham. The woods around the area made it an ideal location for the gathering of wood for timber and firewood, and led to the first Saxon settlements in the area.

For many years much of the land around Clapham was owned by the Dukes of Norfolk and subsequently, after a land exchange, by the Somerset family, although by the early 20th century most of the land owned by the family had been sold off or donated to the village.

Landmarks

Within the parish lies Clapham Wood, which is said to be haunted.[2] The area was under the media spotlight in the 1970s due to many strange events which took place in local woodlands which became known as the Clapham Wood Mystery.

Local Commerce

There is one major farm in Clapham, which for many decades was operated by the tenant farmers, the Cornford family; it is now run as part of the Somerset estate. There is a village tea room and stores based in a portable cabin concreted into a corner of the recreation ground on The Street. There are also a retirement home, a kennels and a business centre. Many of the residents of working age have jobs in nearby Worthing.

Amenities

Clapham & Patching CE Primary School.

The village primary school was established in the early 19th century, and has occupied its current building since the 1830s, with various improvements over recent years - the school finally gained indoor toilets in 1990.

In 1976, with less than thirty children being educated at the school, the West Sussex Local Education Authority recommended its closure. The school was at the time the smallest in the county, but a protest by staff, pupils and parents resulted in the County Council narrowly voting against closure. The school currently educates around fifty pupils. Children of secondary school age are educated at The Angmering School in nearby Angmering.

The Village Hall, opened in 1977, is also shared with the neighbouring Patching. Previously, a smaller village hall was located on The Street in Clapham, but this was destroyed by fire. The Hall is home to many local clubs and societies, and is regularly used as a venue for Church and School fetes. For many years the green there was the home ground of Clapham & Patching Cricket Club, but the club was forced to merge with the local Littlehampton club in 2000 and now plays home matches there. The village's current premier sports team is the Short Mat Bowls club, who compete in many local competitions.

The nearest local pubs, The World's End (formerly the Coach and Horses)and, although slightly further away for most residents, The Fox, both located in Patching. For many years the two villages shared a local policeman who was based at a police-owned house in Patching, but this was discontinued in the late 1970s, and police from Worthing now cover the area.

References

  1. ^ a b "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". West Sussex County Council. http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf. Retrieved 26 March 2009. 
  2. ^ Bridgewater, Peter (2007). An Eccentric Tour of Sussex. Alfriston, Sussex: Snake River Press. ISBN 978-1-906022-03-7. 

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