Cote, West Sussex Explained
Official Name: | Cote |
Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Cote Cottages, Cote geograph-3535725-by-Simon-Carey.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Cottages at Cote |
Os Grid Reference: | TQ114059 |
Shire District: | Worthing |
Shire County: | West Sussex |
Region: | South East England |
Constituency Westminster: | Worthing West |
Cote (also Walcote or Coate) was a hamlet in the former parish of Durrington, West Sussex (now a suburb of Worthing), England.It is 3miles northwest of Worthing.The old Chichester - Brighton Roman road ran tangentially to the south of the hamlet. "Cote" comes from the Old English word for a dwelling or home (not strictly a cottage), and is widespread in place names in Sussex. There is an area of public amenity land at Cote Bottom, known as the Bird Sanctuary and owned by Worthing Council since 1941.
Early history
It is recorded in as the 2acres home of William de la Cote, son of Thomas de la Walcote, in the then parish of Clopham (now Clapham) and next to the land of Andrew la Holte, son of John la Holte; in a deed when it was bought from him by brothers William and John Clerk, who were to pay an annual rent of 3 pennies at Michaelmas.As of the 20th century, neighbouring Holt Farm still lay across the parish boundary in Clapham parish.
It has been recorded from the 12th century through to 1841, and still had some pre-20th-century houses as of 1978.Originally it, like Durrington, was entirely surrounded by open fields.
Thomas Yeakell's and William Gardner's Map of Sussex shows 6 houses in 1795, and the census recorded 62 inhabitants in 1841.Until sometime in the middle of the 19th century, it was copyhold or freehold of Broadwater Manor.In the early 19th century it was in the hundred of Tarring, combined with Durrington into a 641acres Durrington and Coate, and alongside Salvington, Heene, and a small 20acres area of downland next to Findon named "No Man's Land".Two of the four large farms in the parish, one of 131acres and one of 211acres, were in Cote, when there was also a parish house for parish meetings.
Cote Bottom and Munery's Copse
Geological site
The adjacent Cote Bottom is a local geological site in Worthing District.[1] Christopher T. A. Gaster recorded the discovery of Bicavea radiata in his pit number 17 there.That pit is also the location of a flint seam named Cotes Bottom Flint, described by geologist Rory N. Mortimore as a "double seam of large nodular masses with occasional columnar or paramoudra flint.".The adjacent Munery's Copse is the location of Gaster's pit 18, to the west of pit 17.
In October 1951, Cote Street and Cote Bottom Farm were described as part of Durrington, "on the north side of the main Worthing-Arundel Road, close to Swandean Hospital", when the farm was sold along with 400 turkeys, poultry houses and various farm equipment. In 1954, Worthing Council was looking for a site for a new crematorium,[2] and chose Munery's Copse. However, in 1960 the council was refused planning permission for it.[3]
Bird Sanctuary
In 1939, Worthing Corporation pledged "that [Cote Bottom] be kept as a public open space for all time and let it be known as the sanctuary, having been paid for" by public subscription. This move also prevented development on the land. In 1941, the land, as part of the South Downs, was transferred to Worthing Corporation and designated as a public amenity, after local people had "done so much" to secure the land "for public walks and pleasure grounds", and as an "open space for the people of Worthing for all time". However, in April 1952 the council had to deal with an angry deputation after it offered half of the land for agricultural use. By May 1952, Cote Bottom was supporting wildlife, which in turn was attracting interest, and reporting on it was Dr A. H. Murch, "whose bird life films [were] well known". Among the wildlife reported there on 13 April were nightingale, lapwing and pipistrelle bat. In 1952, Cote Bottom was described in the Worthing Herald as a district of High Salvington, when seventeen acres of land were offered for hay-cutting.
Worthing Council still owns the abovementioned land at Honeysuckle Lane, Cote Bottom, Worthing, known as the Bird Sanctuary.[4] The Bird Sanctuary is now protected as a Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI) and as part of South Downs National Park. It is a "chalk grassland, scrub and semi-natural woodland" area adjacent to High Salvington. Its listing says, "The site represents a scarce habitat in the Borough. Meadow Clary Salvia pratensis, a Red Data Book species, occurs here in one of only two sites in West Sussex ... The combination of grassland and scrub is important for birds and invertebrates".[5]
Upper Cote
In 1948, Upper Cote was mentioned in the Worthing Herald newspaper, confirming that the village name existed at that time.
References
Sources
- Book: A History of the County of Sussex . Durrington . A. P. . Baggs . C. R. J. . Currie . C. R. . Elrington . S. M. . Keeling . A. M. . Rowland . 6 Bramber Rape (Southern Part) . T. P. . Hudson . London . British History Online . 1980a . 81 - 85 . 13 November 2023 . 29 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029072420/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt1/pp81-85 . live .
- Book: A History of the County of Sussex . Clapham . A. P. . Baggs . C. R. J. . Currie . C. R. . Elrington . S. M. . Keeling . A. M. . Rowland . 6 Bramber Rape (Southern Part) . T. P. . Hudson . London . British History Online . 1980b . 10 - 21 . 14 November 2023 . 4 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231204135114/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt1/pp10-21 . live .
- The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales . 1 . Coate . John Marius . Wilson . John Marius Wilson . 1866.
- Book: Alexander James . Fenton . Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County . 38 . Sussex Archaeological Society . 1892 . Some extracts related to Sussex . 141 - 159.
- Book: The Parochial Topography of the Rape of Bramber, in the Western Division of the County of Sussex . 2 . Edmund . Cartwright . London . J. R. Nichols . 1830.
- Book: A Compendious History of Sussex . 2 . Mark Antony . Lower . Mark Antony Lower . Lewes . George P. Bacon . 1870.
- Book: The Place-names of Sussex . 6 . Allen . Mawer . Frank Merry . Stenton . John Eric Bruce . Gover . Cambridge . The University Press . 1929.
- Book: Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County . 40 . Sussex Archaeological Society . 1896 . Itchingfield . Percy S. . Godman . 79 - 130.
- Book: The Zones of Chalk of the Arun Gap, Sussex: With description of new species of Bicavea . Christopher T. A. . Gaster . Weald Research Committee Reports . 15 . 212 - 223 . 1932-06-03 . 10.1016/S0016-7878(32)80017-9 . 13 November 2023 . 13 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231113225857/https://dokumen.tips/documents/the-zones-of-the-chalk-of-the-arun-gap-sussex-with-description-of-new-species.html . live .
- Stratigraphy of the upper cretaceous white chalk of Sussex . Rory N. . Mortimore . 1986 . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association . 97 . 2 . 97 - 139 . 10.1016/S0016-7878(86)80065-7 . 1986PrGA...97...97M . 13 November 2023 . 15 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231115121455/https://www.academia.edu/23379445 . live .
- The morphology and systematics of some Cretaceous Cribrimorph Polyzoa (Pelmatoporinae) . Gilbert Powell . Larwood . 1962 . 6 . 1 . ark:/13960/t81k3br5q . Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology . 1 - 285 . Trustees of the British Museum . London.
- Book: Sussex . Augustus John Cuthbert . Hare . Augustus Hare . London . George Allen . 1894.
- Book: The Place-Names of Sussex . R. G. . Roberts . Cambridge . The University Press . 1914.
- Book: . List of the Geological Society of London . Geological Society of London . 1930 . List of Fellows . 11 et seq.
- News: . Cote Bottom meeting approves a protest . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 11 April 1952 . 5 col. 2,3 .
- News: . Chickens and Cattle at Cote Bottom. Council is accused of breaking faith . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 7 March 1952 . 9, cols 1–3 .
- News: . Cote Bottom: Nancy Price calls for a protest meeting . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 14 March 1952 . 7 cols 1,2 .
- News: . Committee wants to please everyone. Cote Bottom: deputation invited . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 4 April 1952 . 1 col.1, and 5 col.4 .
- News: . Chickens may return to Cote Bottom . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 22 February 1952 . 7 cols 3,4 .
- News: . Cote Bottom dawn chorus . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 16 May 1952 . 9 col.4 .
- News: . Borough of Worthing: land, Cote Bottom . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 9 May 1952 . 2, col.2 .
- News: . You chickens . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 4 April 1952 . 7 cols 2,3 .
- News: . Cote Bottom Farm, Cote Street, Durrington, Worthing . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 12 October 1951 . 19 col.4 .
- News: . "Dogs tore chicken to pieces", court told . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 19 November 1948 . 16 col.1 .
- News: . High Salvington land to be saved ... Owner refused permission to develop . 14 November 2023 . Worthing Herald . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 8 April 1938 . 27, 1, 2 .
Further reading
- Christopher T. A. . Gaster . 1924 . The Chalk of the Worthing District, Sussex. . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association . 35 . 2 . 89 - 110 . 10.1016/S0016-7878(24)80019-6 . 1924PrGA...35...89G.
- Andrew Scott . Gale . An integrated microcrinoid zonation for the lower Campanian chalks of southern England, and its implications for correlation . Cretaceous Research . 2017 . 87 . 312 - 357 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.02.002 . 132123752 . 13 November 2023 . 13 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231113231522/https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Summary-geological-map-of-southern-England-to-show-major-localities-studied-in-the_fig2_305371147 . live .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Cote Bottom, High Salvington . geodiversitysussex.org.uk . Geodiversity Sussex . 15 November 2023 . Click on "Cote Bottom" in the box, to see the map of the site . 15 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231115190326/https://geodiversitysussex.org.uk/geodiversity/SussexGeology.php . live .
- News: Cemeteries will be full in five years. Government help to be sought. . 28 November 2023 . Worthing Gazette . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 2 June 1954 . 4 cols 7,8.
- News: Crematorium: minister's decision deplored . 28 November 2023 . Worthing Gazette . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 13 January 1960 . 5 col.6.
- Web site: Search for land and property information: Title number WSX292325 . gov.uk . The Land Registry (H.M. Government) . 25 November 2023 . 25 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231125212552/https://www.gov.uk/search-property-information-land-registry . live .
- Web site: Hankinson Duckett Associates . The Sanctuary, High Salvington . adur-worthing.gov.uk . Worthing Borough Council . 16 November 2023 . 51 . 16 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231116120102/https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/media/Media,139373,smxx.pdf . live .