Cowfold Explained

Official Name:Cowfold
Country:England
Civil Parish:Cowfold
Region:South East England
Static Image:Alongside Cowfold churchyard.JPG
Static Image Width:240px
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:19.26
Population:1,864
Population Ref: 2001 Census
1,904 (2011 Census)[2]
Population Density:97/km2
Os Grid Reference:TQ213225
Coordinates:50.9898°N -0.2726°W
Post Town:HORSHAM
Postcode Area:RH
Postcode District:RH13
Dial Code:01403
Constituency Westminster:Horsham
London Distance: N
Shire District:Horsham
Shire County:West Sussex
Website:http://www.cowfold-pc.gov.uk/

Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1926ha. In the 2001 census 1,864 people lived in 729 households, of whom 987 were economically active. The population at the 2011 Census had risen to 1,904.[2]

The village has a shop, café, Indian restaurant, beauty salon, hairdressers, barbers, VW motor service centre and lawn-mower shop. The 'Hare and Hounds' pub is also to the south of the village. The thirteenth-century Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter. At Parkminster, to the south of the village, is St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, formerly Picknoll Farm, the only post-Reformation Carthusian monastery in the United Kingdom.[3] An Éolienne Bollée there has been restored.

The village has a scout group, which meets in the local scout hut on the playing field, and a guide group, which meets in the school hall.[4]

Sport

Cowfold F.C. participate in the West Sussex Premier League, in tier 11 of the English football league system.

History

Village Hall

The Cowfold Village Hall opened in 1886 to celebrate Queen Victoria's jubilee, donated to the village by Frederick Du Cane Godman. The hall was built on an old saw pit owned by Fowlers, the local builders, as part of a deal between Godman and Fowlers. As part of the deal, Fowlers occupied a site owned by Godman near the 'Hare and Hounds' pub, and they are still situated there today.[7] [8]

The Village Hall was registered as a charity in 1963.[9]

External links

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 . June 8, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 28 September 2016. Office for National Statistics . Neighbourhood Statistics.
  3. Web site: Cowfold Overview . Cowfold Parish Council . 13 April 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090105173612/http://www.cowfold-pc.gov.uk/content/1_General.asp . January 5, 2009 .
  4. Cowfold Parish Council, Our Village, accessed 25 April 2024
  5. Web site: Cowfold Village History Society. en-GB. 2020-07-06. 24 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124200155/http://www.cowfoldhistorysociety.org.uk/. live.
  6. Web site: The Allmond Centre Cowfold’s new community hub. en-GB. 2019-04-20. 27 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127060616/http://www.theallmondcentre.org.uk/. live.
  7. Web site: History. 2016-03-26. Cowfold Village Hall. en-GB. 2019-04-20. 28 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928054942/http://www.cowfoldvillagehall.org/history/. live.
  8. Web site: Fowler Bros Registration. companieshouse.gov.uk. 2019-04-22. 22 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190422104743/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00216546. live.
  9. Web site: Cowfold Village Hall Charity Registration. charitycommission.gov.uk. 2019-04-22. 22 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210122234737/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/. live.

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