Coombes Explained

Official Name:Coombes
Static Image Name:Coombes church.jpg
Static Image Caption:Coombes parish church
Os Grid Reference:TQ192083
Coordinates:50.8617°N -0.3075°W
Label Position:top
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:2.03
Population:51
Population Ref:(2001 Census)
Population Density:25/sqmi
Civil Parish:Coombes
Shire District:Adur
Shire County:West Sussex
Region:South East England
Country:England
Post Town:Lancing
Postcode Area:BN
Postcode District:BN15
Dial Code:01903
Constituency Westminster:East Worthing and Shoreham
London Distance: N

Coombes is a small village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley 2miles northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea.

Coombes Church is an 11th-century Church of England parish church that has lost its dedication. It has some of the most important medieval wall paintings in England, which were painted . There is a single church bell that weighs about and was probably cast in Normandy. It is one of the oldest bells in Sussex, dated to . The church is roofed with Horsham Stone slabs.

The civil parish has an area of 525.81ha and has a parish meeting rather than a parish council. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 51 people living in 22 households of whom 23 were economically active.[1]

Church Farm is next to the parish church and Applesham Farm is about 0.6miles to the south.

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  1. Web site: 2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish . . 22 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075926/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf . 8 June 2011 .