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Revision as of 10:23, 31 December 2010
| North Stoke | |
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 North Stoke Farmhouse | |
| OS grid reference | TQ022107 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ARUNDEL |
| Postcode district | BN18 |
| Dialling code | 01798 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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North Stoke is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located 3.5 kilometres (2 miles) north of Arundel on a dead-end road from Amberley station 0.7 miles (1.1km) to the north.
The village is on a spur of slightly higher ground on the east bank of a loop of the River Arun, surrounded by water meadows. It is in the middle of the gap carved by the River Arun in the South Downs. Another small settlement on the west bank, South Stoke is about 1 kilometre to the south east and can be reached by a footbridge over the river. North Stoke, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1087, is a medieval village which has lost most of its population. This could be because of plague in the Middle Ages or because the landowner preferred to graze the land with sheep. This has left a fine example of an Norman and Early English Gothic church, which is Grade I-listed.[1] The dedication of the church had been long forgotten, but in 2007 it was rediscovered from a scrap of a vellum letter dated 1275 from the Bishop of Chichester to King Edward I. The church was accordingly rededicated to The Virgin Mary in December 2007.[2]. The church is now maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust.[3]
References
- ^ "Heritage Gateway Listed Buildings Online — North Stoke Church, North Stoke, Amberley, Horsham, West Sussex". Heritage Gateway website. Heritage Gateway (English Heritage, Institute of Historic Building Conservation and ALGAO:England). 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ Caroline Lewis (11 December 2007). "Mystery of Sussex church solved by archaeology students". Culture24. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ Watney, Simon (2007). 20 Sussex Churches. Alfriston: Snake River Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-906022-00-6.
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