Greatham, West Sussex
| Greatham | |
|---|---|
 Greatham Bridge | |
| OS grid reference | TQ043159 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Greatham is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Coldwaltham to Storrington road 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south of Pulborough.
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Gretham, in 1121 as Gretheam, and Gruteham later in the 12th century.[1]
Greatham Bridge was built by Sir Henry Tregoz in the early fourteenth century[2]. The iron section was built after floods had damaged the bridge in 1838. A skirmish took place near the bridge during the English Civil War.
The church
The undedicated small rectangular anglican parish church is similar to Wiggonholt church, with which it often shared a priest in the Middle Ages. The church has been dated to the late eleventh or early twelfth centuries[3]. The walls, all of different thickness, are mainly of ironstone but include greensand blocks, flint, chalk and reused Roman bricks. The roof is tiled and the short spire was added in the nineteenth century, where there had previously been a belfry similar to that at Wiggonholt. The porch was built around the same time. Some of the windows date from the 1200s, others to the 1500s. Inside there are an unusual double decker pulpit and a seventeenth century alter rail.
References
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 204. ISBN 0198691033.
- ^ P.A.L.Vine, Images of England. The Arun Navigation Tempus Publishing Limited 2000 ISBN 0 7524 2103 4 p64.
- ^ The church guidebook
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