# Warnham

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Village and parish in West Sussex, England

"Kingsfold" redirects here. For the hymn tune, see [Dives and Lazarus (ballad)](/source/Dives_and_Lazarus_(ballad)). For Kingsfold Camp, also in Horsham, see [List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United Kingdom](/source/List_of_World_War_II_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_the_United_Kingdom).

Human settlement in England

Warnham St Margaret's Church Grade I listed[1] Warnham Location within West Sussex Area 19.80 km2 (7.64 sq mi) [2] Population 1,958 [2] 2001 Census 2,068 (2011 Census)[3] • Density 99/km2 (260/sq mi) OS grid reference TQ158337 • London 30 miles (48 km) NNE Civil parish Warnham District Horsham Shire county West Sussex Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town HORSHAM Postcode district RH12 Dialling code 01403 Police Sussex Fire West Sussex Ambulance South East Coast UK Parliament Horsham Website http://www.warnham.info/ List of places UK England West Sussex 51°05′29″N 0°20′48″W / 51.09144°N 0.34659°W / 51.09144; -0.34659

**Warnham** is a [village](/source/Village) and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in the [Horsham](/source/Horsham_(district)) district of [West Sussex](/source/West_Sussex), England. The village is centred 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of [Horsham](/source/Horsham), 31 miles (50 km) from London, to the west of the [A24](/source/A24_road_(Great_Britain)) road.[4] The parish is in the north-west of the [Weald](/source/Weald).

## History

The [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) [parish church](/source/Parish_church), dedicated to St Margaret was built in the 14th century, but contains later additions.[5] St Margaret's contains monuments belonging to at least three influential families: the [Durford](/source/Baron_Caryll_of_Durford), the [Lucas](/source/Lucas_Brothers_(company)) and the [Shelley](/source/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley) family.[1]

## Geography

Named settlements within the parish include the [hamlets](/source/Hamlet_(place)#United_Kingdom) of Goosegreen, Kingsfold and Winterfold as well as parts of Strood Green and Rowhook. The area is in the north-west of the [Weald](/source/Weald), a sloped remnant forest in south-east England and largely a [plain](/source/Plain) by [erosion](/source/Erosion).

The parish land area is 1980 hectares (4892 acres). In the 2001 census 1958 people lived in 784 households, of whom 935 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population was 2,068.[3]

### Warnham Court

Formerly Hollands Manor,[6] [Warnham Court](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warnham_Court&action=edit&redlink=1) built in [ashlar](/source/Ashlar) was built for Henry [Tredcroft](/source/E_Tredcroft's_Ground) in 1828. Warnham Court School until August 1996 [7] occupied the building, set in the listed Warnham Park immediately southeast of the village, with extensions and outbuildings by architect [Arthur William Blomfield](/source/Arthur_William_Blomfield) and his son Sir Arthur Blomfield. [n 1]

The park grounds were laid out from the early 1830s, developed in the mid- and late 19th century by the landscape designer Henry,[n 2] and later with a [pinetum](/source/Arboretum) by [Harry J. Veitch](/source/Harry_Veitch). Extended with a wild garden in the early 20th century, the gardens are surrounded by a 19th-century park.

### Field Place

The early 19th-century poet and [Romanticist](/source/Romanticism) [Percy Bysshe Shelley](/source/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley), husband of [Mary Shelley](/source/Mary_Shelley) was born at [Grade I listed](/source/Listed_building) [Field Place](/source/Field_Place%2C_Warnham), a broad-fronted country house set on an estate/working farm, and was baptised there in 1792.[8] A cousin was [Thomas Medwin](/source/Thomas_Medwin).[9]

### Kingsfold

Kingsfold is the northern settlement on the [A24](/source/A24_road_(Great_Britain)) and Marches Road 2.8 miles (4.5 km) north of [Horsham](/source/Horsham).[4] The village lies close to the [Surrey](/source/Surrey) border just south of site of the medieval [Shiremark Mill](/source/Shiremark_Mill%2C_Capel), also known as **Capel Mill** and **Kingsfold Mill** which is 20 metres north of the border in [Capel](/source/Capel%2C_Surrey). The village has one [pub](/source/Pub), *The Owl*.

A tune entitled 'Kingsfold' was adapted from a folk song by [Ralph Vaughan Williams](/source/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams) for the hymn 'I heard the voice of Jesus say' by [Horatius Bonar](/source/Horatius_Bonar).

### Goosegreen or Goose Green

Goosegreen consists of a small group of farms and cottages between Warnham and [Broadbridge Heath](/source/Broadbridge_Heath) and includes four Grade II [listed buildings](/source/Listed_building).[n 3] To the south of the hamlet is a cricket ground, home to the Broadbridge Heath Cricket Club, and tennis courts. Most of the houses are owned or were formerly owned by the Warnham Park Estate, whose offices are at Bailing Hill Farm. The artist [Joan Eardley](/source/Joan_Eardley) was born at Bailing Hill Farm on 18 May 1921; the family moved to Blackheath in 1926 and then to Scotland in 1939, where she was active for the remainder of her career.

### Rowhook

Rowhook is a [hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(place)) on the [Broadbridge Heath](/source/Broadbridge_Heath) to [Ewhurst, Surrey](/source/Ewhurst%2C_Surrey) road 3 miles (5 km) northwest of [Horsham](/source/Horsham).[4] Rowhook lies on a junction of two Roman roads, one being [Stane Street (Chichester)](/source/Stane_Street_(Chichester)), the other an unnamed road which runs to the top of "Hurtwood" on the [Greensand Ridge](/source/Greensand_Ridge) in Ewhurst.

From the junction of the A29 and the A281 to the south,[n 4] the course of Stane Street passes through Waterland Farm, becomes a lane which joins the Rowhook Road next to the *Chequers Inn*, a Grade II listed building,[n 5] and continues in a northeasterly direction towards Ockley in Surrey, where it once again joins the A29.

While divided by the parish boundaries of Warnham, [Slinfold](/source/Slinfold) and [Rudgwick](/source/Rudgwick), the majority of the hamlet and in particular, Rowhook Manor,[15] which is a Grade II listed building of early medieval origin, is in Warnham civil parish.[16]

## Community

Warnham village shops include a village store and butcher, two pubs *The Sussex Oak* and *The Greets Inn*, a primary school and [Warnham railway station](/source/Warnham_railway_station) lies nearly a mile away from the village, on the [Sutton & Mole Valley Lines](/source/Sutton_%26_Mole_Valley_Lines). The station was built primarily for the brick works, which had some sidings until recently; [*[when?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*] it provides an hourly service to London Victoria with connections to London Waterloo. The adjacent [level crossing](/source/Level_crossing) is now permanently closed except for pedestrians and cyclists.

	- Gallery

		- Warnham Railway Station

		- Warnham Welcome Sign

		- The Greets Inn

		- Warnham Village Green

		- Warnham Manor

## Notes and references

**notes**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** The next nearest listed garden is [Sedgwick Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sedgwick_Park&action=edit&redlink=1) containing the remains of [Sedgwick Castle](/source/Sedgwick_Castle) 4 miles (6.4 km) south

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** for [Sir John Henry Pelly](/source/Sir_John_Pelly%2C_1st_Baronet)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Goosegreen (building),[10] Bailing Hill Farmhouse,[11] Barn just east of Goosegreen (property) [12] and Goosegreen Cottages [13]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** known locally as "Roman Gate"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** The Chequers Inn [14]

**references**

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-eh2_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-eh2_1-1) The Parish Church of St Margaret [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Details from listed building database (1026877)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1026877?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WSCC2001_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WSCC2001_2-1) ["2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075926/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf) (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from [the original](http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf) (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ONS_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ONS_3-1) ["Civil Parish population 2011"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130175&c=Warnham&d=16&e=62&g=6474469&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1475575072312&enc=1). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-grf_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-grf_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-grf_4-2) [Grid Reference Finder measurement tools](http://www.gridreferencefinder.com)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [A Church Near You profile. The Church of England.](http://www.achurchnearyou.com/warnham-st-margaret)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-eh1_6-0)** Warnham Court [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Details from listed building database (1001413)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001413?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [School Histories - Closed - Aug. 1, 1996](https://blocl.uk/schools/warnham-court-school-100658)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Field Place [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Details from listed building database (1026916)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1026916?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Thomas Medwin, The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London Press, (1847)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Goosegreen (building) [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Details from listed building database (1026915)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1026915?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Bailing Hill Farmhouse [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Details from listed building database (1181178)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1181178?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Barn just east of Goosegreen (building)[Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Details from listed building database (1285140)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1285140?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Goosegreen Cottages [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Details from listed building database (1354231)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1354231?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** The Chequers Inn [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Details from listed building database (1039960)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1039960?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** Rowhook Manor: [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Details from listed building database (1026917)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1026917?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** [English Heritage marked Ordnance Survey map](http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/aspx)

## External links

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