Bepton Explained

Official Name:Bepton
Country:England
Civil Parish:Bepton
Region:South East England
Static Image Name:Bepton Common.JPG
Static Image Caption:Bepton Common
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:7.93
Population:234.
Population Ref:2011 Census[2]
Population Density:31/km2
Os Grid Reference:SU856182
Coordinates:50.9569°N -0.7825°W
Post Town:MIDHURST
Postcode Area:GU
Postcode District:GU29
Dial Code:01730
Constituency Westminster:Chichester
London Distance: NE
Shire District:Chichester
Shire County:West Sussex

Bepton is a village, Anglican parish[3] and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. According to the 2001 census it had 104 households with a population of 249 of whom 117 were economically active. The village is about south-west of Midhurst.

History

Bepton (Babintone) was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) in the ancient hundred of Easebourne as having 23 households: 10 villagers, 10 smallholders and three slaves. With ploughing land and a church, it had a value to the lord of the manor of £5. The lord was an unspecified Geoffrey, and the tenant-in-chief was Earl Roger of Shrewsbury.[4]

In 1861, the population was 211, the parish was and was mainly arable land. In Kelly's Directory of 1867, the church of St Mary was described as "an ancient flint building in the Anglo-Norman style, and has a nave, chancel, and tower".

In 1931, its population was documented at 292. By 1953, its area had expanded to 1,910 acres (770 hectares).

Transport

Road access to Bepton is by approximately of country lanes off the A286 road from either Bepton Road, Midhurst, or Bell Lane, Cocking.

The nearest railway stations are west or north of the village, at Petersfield or Haslemere, both on the main line between London and Portsmouth.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish . West Sussex County Council . 12 April 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075926/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf . 8 June 2011 .
  2. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 17 October 2015.
  3. Web site: GENUKI: Bepton. 22 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Open Domesday: Bepton. 22 June 2019.