Arundel Explained

Official Name:Arundel
Country:England
Civil Parish:Arundel[1]
Region:South East England
Static Image Name:Arundel wikipedia.jpg
Static Image Caption:Town overlooked by castle
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:12.13
Population:3475
Population Ref:(civil parish, 2011)[3]
Os Grid Reference:TQ018070
Coordinates:50.8544°N -0.5539°W
Post Town:ARUNDEL
Postcode Area:BN
Postcode District:BN18
Dial Code:01903
Constituency Westminster:Arundel and South Downs
London Distance: NNE
Shire District:Arun
Shire County:West Sussex

Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England.

The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much larger Chichester in its number of listed buildings in West Sussex. The River Arun runs through the eastern side of the town.

Arundel was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Reform Act 1835. From 1836 to 1889 the town had its own Borough police force with a strength of three.[4] In 1974 it became part of the Arun district, and is now a civil parish with a town council.

Name

The name comes from the Old English Hārhūnedell, meaning "valley of horehound", and was first recorded in the Domesday Book.[5] [6] [7] Folk etymology, however, connects the name with the Old French word arondelle, meaning "swallow", and swallows appear on the town's arms.

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Houghton with a total population at the 2011 census of 4,298.[8] Arundel Town Council is based at Arundel Town Hall.[9]

Geography

Arundel civil parish occupies an area somewhat larger than its built-up clusters, with the old town towards the north and the new to the south, separated by a main road.[10]

Arundel town is a major bridging point over the River Arun as it was the lowest road bridge until the opening of the Littlehampton swing bridge in 1908. Arundel Castle was built by the Normans to protect that vulnerable fairly wooded plain to the north of the valley through the South Downs. The town later grew up on the slope below the castle to the south.[11] The river was previously called the Tarrant and was renamed after the town by antiquarians in a back-formation.

Arundel includes meadows to the south but is clustered north of the A27 road, which narrowly avoids the town centre by a short and congested single carriageway bypass. Plans for a more extensive, HQDC bypass were debated intensely between 1980 and 2010 and a junction was built for it at Crossbush. In Spring 2018, Highways England published their preferred route for the new bypass.[12] During 2018-19 there is a further period of consultation when views on a more detailed design for the 4miles dual carriageway will be sought.

Arundel railway station is on the Arun Valley Line. The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath passes through the town and crosses the river here, while just under 5miles north and northwest of the town the route of the South Downs Way runs.

The town itself lies outside the boundaries of the South Downs National Park.

Society

Arundel is home to Arundel Castle, seat of the Duke of Norfolk; and to Arundel Cathedral, seat of the (Catholic) Bishop of Arundel and Brighton.

On 6 July 2004, Arundel was granted Fairtrade Town status.[13]

People born in Arundel are known locally as Mullets, due to the presence of mullet in the River Arun.[14]

Arundel is home to one of the oldest Scout Groups in the world. 1st Arundel (Earl of Arundel's Own) Scout Group was formed in 1908 only a few weeks after Scouting began.[15] Based in an HQ in Green Lane Close, it has active sections of Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts.

Sport and leisure

Arundel has a non-League football club Arundel F.C. which plays at Mill Road.

The town also has its own cricket ground at the castle, often cited as being one of the country's most picturesque.[16] It hosts Sussex County Cricket Club for a number of games each season.

Notable people

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arundel Town Council Website . Arundel Town Council . 28 July 2021.
  2. Web site: 2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish . West Sussex County Council . 26 March 2009 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075926/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf . 8 June 2011 .
  3. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density
  4. Neville Poulsom, Mike Rumble and Keith Smith Sussex Police forces; a pictorial history from 1836 to 1986 (Middleton Press) (1987)
  5. Web site: Open Domesday: Arundel. 19 November 2022.
  6. Book: Hanks, Patrick. Hodges, Flavia. Mills, A. D.. Room, Adrian. The Oxford Names Companion. 2002. Oxford. the University Press. 0198605617. 1011.
  7. Web site: Key to English Place-names. kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. 18 July 2021. 29 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629031247/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Sussex/Arundel. live.
  8. Web site: Ward population 2011. 13 October 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061213/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/arundel-e05007579#sthash.TkrbB1sp.dpbs. live.
  9. Web site: WElcome. Arundel Town Council. 17 April 2022.
  10. Web site: Parish Headcounts, Area: Arundel CP . 2001 . 5 April 2008 . Neighbourhood Statistics . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612132442/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=800372&c=Arundel&d=16&e=15&g=495075&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1207425674189&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 . 12 June 2011 . dead .
  11. Arundel Castle, Schedule Ancient Monument and Grade I listed building
  12. Web site: A27 Arundel Bypass Preferred route announcement. Highways England. 16 July 2018. 17 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180717013109/https://highwaysengland.citizenspace.com/he/a27-arundel-bypass/results/a27arundelbypassprabrochure-webversion-final-100518.pdf. live.
  13. Web site: Fairtrade town status. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307015351/http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved/campaigns/fairtrade_towns/default.aspx. dead. 7 March 2008.
  14. Web site: Facts about West Sussex . 23 October 2006 . West Sussex County Council . 28 March 2009 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090608154344/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/your-council/news-room/facts-about-west-sussex.en?page=2 . 8 June 2009 .
  15. Web site: Forward! Once more... . January 2008 . Newsletter Issue 1 . Arundel Scout Group . 1 . 16 March 2009 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309051251/http://www.arundelscouts.org.uk/magazine/1st%20Arundel%20Scout%20Group%20-%20Forward%20Once%20More%20-%20Jan08.pdf . 9 March 2012 .
  16. Web site: Cricinfoengland . 16 March 2008 . 25 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725190542/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56747.html . live .
  17. Web site: Professor Christopher Alexander. International Who's Who. 27 April 2022.
  18. News: 23 September 1955 . Littlehampton Gazette . Bird flew in the face of the law . Littlehampton, U.K. . 2 . 21 September 2021 . Miss Mary Chater, a magistrate, drew the chairman's attention to the blue-tit.
  19. Web site: Planning Application. Arundel Town Council. 27 April 2022.
  20. News: Derek Davis: Eclectic painter and potter. https://web.archive.org/web/20101120032710/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/derek-davis-eclectic-painter-and-potter-928814.html. dead. 20 November 2010. Cooper. Emmanuel. 13 September 2008. The Independent. 13 September 2008.
  21. Web site: Judy Geeson. Classic Movie Hub. 27 April 2022.
  22. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07503a.htm Pollen, John Hungerford. "Ven. Philip Howard." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 4 Apr. 2013
  23. Book: Picturing Canada: A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing. Gail . Edwards. Judith . Saltman. 2014. 22. University of Toronto Press. 978-1442622821.
  24. Web site: Memories of Prof CEM Joad. 4 February 2013. Sussex World. 27 April 2022.
  25. Web site: George MacDonald . Wheaton College . 19 June 2018.
  26. News: Grand National winner Liam Treadwell offered chance to fix teeth for free. The Telegraph. 23 April 2009. 6 August 2018. 26 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090426235045/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/5203611/Grand-National-winner-Liam-Treadwell-offered-chance-to-fix-teeth-for-free.html. live.

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