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Yapton
Yapton
	Yapton Location within West Sussex
Area	7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Population	3,571 (Civil Parish.2011)
• Density	452/km2 (1,170/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU979031
• London	52 miles (84 km) NNE
Civil parish	Yapton;
District	Arun;
Shire county	West Sussex;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ARUNDEL
Postcode district	BN18
Dialling code	01243
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton;
Website	http://www.yaptonpc.gov.uk/
	List of places UK England West Sussex 50°49′12″N 0°36′40″W / 50.81999°N 0.61121°W

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Yapton is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is centred three miles (4.8 km) north east of Bognor Regis at the intersection of the B2132 and B2233 roads.

The parish of Yapton lies on the coastal plain south west of Arundel, between the South Downs and the sea. St Mary the Virgin parish church, 13th century or earlier in origin, is in the centre of the village. It houses a twelfth-century font. Nearby, Yapton Free Church was built in 1861 as a Congregational chapel but is now Evangelical in character. Yapton C of E Primary School was founded in 1864.^[2]

Other settlements in the parish include Bilsham and Flansham. The settlement of Bilsham was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 14 households.^[3] Bilsham Chapel is a deconsecrated former chapel of ease to St Mary the Virgin Church; it dates from the 13th–14th century but fell out of use in the mid-16th century. The building is now a house.^[4]

History

The disused Portsmouth and Arundel Canal which linked nearby the River Arun to Chichester Harbour, runs through the village. This was built primarily on the financial case it would be a safe inland shipping route between London and Portsmouth avoiding the then risk of attack in the English Channel by the French. Throughout its lifetime, 1823-1855 - a time when the Wey and Arun Canal was open (having opened 7 years earlier and having closed in 1871) - the route was used for transporting agricultural goods and munitions, for instance, from Chilworth and Hanworth gunpowder works and to/from the military docks on the lower Thames in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches South East to Climping with a total population of 5,926 at the 2011 Census.^[5]

Notable residents

Duncan Goodhew, the Olympic swimming maestro was brought up in Yapton. There is a residential road, Goodhew Close, named after him. Sculptor Ginger Gilmour works from a 15th-century farmhouse^[6] near Yapton,^[7] where she has created several studios.^[6] The poet Andrew Young lived in Yapton after he retired in 1959.^[8]

References

^ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014
^ Hudson, T. P., ed. (1997). "A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1 – Arundel Rape (south-western part including Arundel). Yapton". Victoria County History of Sussex. British History Online. pp. 245–261. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "Open Domesday: Bilsham". Retrieved 19 November 2022.
^ Hudson, T. P., ed. (1997). "A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1 – Arundel Rape (south-western part including Arundel). Yapton". Victoria County History of Sussex. British History Online. pp. 245–261. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ "Ward Population 2011". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b Shewry, Brian (19 August 2004). "Ginger's quest is where angels are always pleased to tread". Littlehampton Gazette: 31–32.
^ "Sculpture attack casts shadow over arts festival". West Sussex Gazette (7896). 23 August 2006.
^ "About Andrew Young | The University of Edinburgh". www.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

External links

[ons-1] Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014

[VCH-Yapton-2] Hudson, T. P., ed. (1997). "A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1 – Arundel Rape (south-western part including Arundel). Yapton". Victoria County History of Sussex. British History Online. pp. 245–261. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[3] "Open Domesday: Bilsham". Retrieved 19 November 2022.

[VCH22949-4] Hudson, T. P., ed. (1997). "A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1 – Arundel Rape (south-western part including Arundel). Yapton". Victoria County History of Sussex. British History Online. pp. 245–261. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

[5] "Ward Population 2011". Retrieved 14 October 2015.

[Shewry-6] Shewry, Brian (19 August 2004). "Ginger's quest is where angels are always pleased to tread". Littlehampton Gazette: 31–32.

[WSJ-2008-08-23-7] "Sculpture attack casts shadow over arts festival". West Sussex Gazette (7896). 23 August 2006.

[8] "About Andrew Young | The University of Edinburgh". www.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

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+| post_town                = ARUNDEL
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+| postcode_district        = BN18
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+| dial_code                = 01243
- | london_distance={{convert|52|mi}} [[Boxing the compass|NNE]]
+| constituency_westminster = [[Bognor Regis and Littlehampton]]
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+| london_distance          = {{convert|52|mi}} [[Boxing the compass|NNE]]
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- | website=http://www.yaptonpc.gov.uk/
+| shire_county             = [[West Sussex]]
- }}
+| website                  = http://www.yaptonpc.gov.uk/
-'''Yapton''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Arun]] District of [[West Sussex]], England. It is centred three miles (4.8&nbsp;km) north east of [[Bognor Regis]] at the intersection of the B2132 and B2233 roads.
+}}
+'''Yapton''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Arun District|Arun]] District of [[West Sussex]], England. It is centred three miles (4.8&nbsp;km) north east of [[Bognor Regis]] at the intersection of the B2132 and B2233 roads.
-The parish of Yapton lies on the coastal plain south west of [[Arundel]], between the [[South Downs]] and the sea. St Mary the Virgin parish church, 13th century or earlier in origin,<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22949&strquery=Yapton%20Font#s11 British History Online; Yapton]</ref> is in the centre of the village. It houses a twelfth-century font. The village includes Yapton C of E Primary School.
+The parish of Yapton lies on the coastal plain south west of [[Arundel]], between the [[South Downs]] and the sea. St Mary the Virgin parish church, 13th century or earlier in origin, is in the centre of the village. It houses a twelfth-century font.  Nearby, [[Yapton Free Church]] was built in 1861 as a [[Congregational church#United Kingdom|Congregational]] chapel but is now [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] in character.  Yapton C of E Primary School was founded in 1864.<ref name="VCH-Yapton">{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol5/pt1/pp245-261|title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1  – Arundel Rape (south-western part including Arundel).  Yapton|editor-last=Hudson|editor-first=T. P. |year=1997|work=[[Victoria County History]] of Sussex|publisher=[[British History Online]]|pages=245–261|access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
-Other settlements in the parish include '''Bilsham''' and '''Flansham'''.  [[Bilsham Chapel]] is a deconsecrated former [[chapel of ease]] to St Mary the Virgin Church; it dates from the 13th–14th century but fell out of use in the mid-16th century.  The building is now a house.<ref name="VCH22949">{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/Sussex/vol5/pt1/pp245-261|title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1 – Arundel Rape (south-western part including Arundel).  Yapton|last=Hudson|first=T. P. (ed)|year=1997|work=[[Victoria County History]] of Sussex|publisher=[[British History Online]]|pages=245–261|accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref>
+Other settlements in the parish include '''Bilsham''' and '''Flansham'''. The settlement of Bilsham was listed in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as having 14 households.<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Domesday: Bilsham|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SU9702/bilsham/|access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref> [[Bilsham Chapel]] is a deconsecrated former [[chapel of ease]] to St Mary the Virgin Church; it dates from the 13th–14th century but fell out of use in the mid-16th century.  The building is now a house.<ref name="VCH22949">{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/Sussex/vol5/pt1/pp245-261|title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1 – Arundel Rape (south-western part including Arundel).  Yapton|editor-last=Hudson|editor-first=T. P. |year=1997|work=[[Victoria County History]] of Sussex|publisher=[[British History Online]]|pages=245–261|access-date=27 November 2011}}</ref>
 ==History==
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 ==Governance==
-An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] in the same name exists. This ward stretches South East to [[Climping]] with a total population of 5,926 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/yapton-e05007601#sthash.FgtnRaGO.dpbs|title=Ward Population 2011|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref>
+An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] in the same name exists. This ward stretches South East to [[Climping]] with a total population of 5,926 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/yapton-e05007601#sthash.FgtnRaGO.dpbs|title=Ward Population 2011|access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref>
-== Were you born in Yapton? ==
 [[File:St. Mary, Yapton - geograph.org.uk - 120944.jpg|thumb|left|St Mary's Church]]
-There is a well-known joke in Sussex: "Were you born in Yapton?" This question is asked when someone has forgotten to close a door. It is believed to refer to the eighteenth-century practice of leaving doors open or unlocked so that smugglers could hide their goods in the nearest house when they were being chased by [[excise]] men.<ref>[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/your-council/news-room/quirky-facts-about-west-sussex.en;jsessionid=aEjrScuIketf West Sussex County Council]</ref>
 == Notable residents ==
-[[Duncan Goodhew]], the Olympic swimming maestro was brought up in Yapton. There is a residential road, Goodhew Close, named after him. Sculptor [[Ginger Gilmour]] works from a 15th-century farmhouse<ref name="Shewry">{{cite journal|last=Shewry|first=Brian|date=2004-08-19|title=Ginger's quest is where angels are always pleased to tread|journal=Littlehampton Gazette|pages=31–32}}</ref> near Yapton,<ref name="WSJ-2008-08-23">{{cite journal|date=2006-08-23|title=Sculpture attack casts shadow over arts festival|journal=West Sussex Gazette|issue=7896}}</ref> where she has created several studios.<ref name="Shewry" /> The poet [[Andrew Young (poet)]] lived in Yapton after he retired in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|title = About Andrew Young {{!}} The University of Edinburgh|url = http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/crc/collections/special-collections/scottish-literature/andrewyoung/about|website = www.ed.ac.uk|accessdate = 2015-09-30}}</ref>
+[[Duncan Goodhew]], the Olympic swimming maestro was brought up in Yapton. There is a residential road, Goodhew Close, named after him. Sculptor [[Ginger Gilmour]] works from a 15th-century farmhouse<ref name="Shewry">{{cite journal|last=Shewry|first=Brian|date=2004-08-19|title=Ginger's quest is where angels are always pleased to tread|journal=Littlehampton Gazette|pages=31–32}}</ref> near Yapton,<ref name="WSJ-2008-08-23">{{cite journal|date=2006-08-23|title=Sculpture attack casts shadow over arts festival|journal=West Sussex Gazette|issue=7896}}</ref> where she has created several studios.<ref name="Shewry" /> The poet [[Andrew Young (poet, born 1885)|Andrew Young]] lived in Yapton after he retired in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|title = About Andrew Young {{!}} The University of Edinburgh|url = http://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/crc/collections/special-collections/scottish-literature/andrewyoung/about|website = www.ed.ac.uk|access-date = 2015-09-30}}</ref>
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Villages in West Sussex]]
-[[Category:Arun]]
+[[Category:Arun District]]

v t e Settlements in the Arun district of West Sussex
Towns	Arundel Bognor Regis Littlehampton
Villages and hamlets	Aldingbourne Aldwick Ancton Angmering Atherington Barnham Bilsham Binsted Burpham Clapham Climping East Preston Eastergate Elmer Felpham Ferring Findon Flansham Fontwell Ford Houghton Kingston Gorse Lagness Lyminster Madehurst Middleton-on-Sea Nepcote North Bersted Nyetimber Offham Pagham Patching Poling Rose Green Rustington Shripney Slindon South Bersted South Stoke Toddington Tortington Walberton Warningcamp Wepham Westergate Wick Yapton
Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in the Arun district

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States Israel