| Official Name: | East Lavington |
| Country: | England |
| Civil Parish: | East Lavington |
| Region: | South East England |
| Static Image Name: | East Lavington House.JPG |
| Static Image Caption: | East Lavington House and Church |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.97 |
| Population: | 273. |
| Population Ref: | 2011 Census[2] |
| Population Density: | 45/km2 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SU946162 |
| Coordinates: | 50.9381°N -0.6547°W |
| Post Town: | PETWORTH |
| Postcode Area: | GU |
| Postcode District: | GU28 |
| Dial Code: | 01798 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Chichester |
| London Distance: |
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| Shire District: | Chichester |
| Shire County: | West Sussex |
| Website: | http://www.eastlavingtonpc.org.uk/ |
East Lavington, formerly Woolavington, is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England.[3] It is located six kilometres (4 miles) south of Petworth, west of the A285 road.
West Lavington was formerly an exclave of Woolavington.[4]
The parish has a land area of 797 hectares (1968 acres). In the 2001 census 357 people lived in 87 households, of whom 129 were economically active. It includes the settlement of Upper Norwood.
The parish is dominated by Seaford College, a private school which owns 400acres. The main school building, previously Lavington Park country house, is a Grade II* listed building. St Peter's parish church, also Grade II* listed, has become the school chapel.
In July 1553, John Fowler, a courtier of Edward VI, was made Keeper of the Great Park of Petworth or "Woolavington" in Sussex.[5] Mary I appointed another courtier, William Goring, as keeper. An Elizabethan manor house was built by Giles Garton, at "Woolavington" in 1587. The old house at Lavington Park is long demolished, but the 1587 building contract described how the chimneys, windows, and corner quoins should be made "verie artyficiallie and conninglie".[6]
Notable residents have included Gerard Fairlie and David Young, Baron Young of Graffham.