Lurgashall
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 Lurgashall Village Green |
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 Lurgashall
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| Lurgashall shown within West Sussex | |
| Area | 20.97 km2 (8.10 sq mi) |
| Population | 609 2011 Census |
| • Density | 28/km2 (73/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SU936271 |
| • London | 40 miles (64 km) NE |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PETWORTH |
| Postcode district | GU28 9 |
| Dialling code | 01428 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
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| Website | http://www.lurgashall.org/ |
Lurgashall is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is 6.5 km (4 ml) north west of Petworth and just inside the new South Downs National Park. The church of St Laurence, The Noah's Ark pub, the old school and several old houses are built around a village green which contains the village cricket pitch. In the 2001 census the parish covered 21 km² and had 220 households with a total population of 581. 271 residents were economically active. The population at the 2011 Census was 609.
The Church has had many additions over the years, it still retains some evidence of the original Saxon structure.
The village had become almost extinct in 1100, and finds no mention in the Domesday Book of 1086. After the Norman Conquest, the King gave the Lurgashall area to a Norman family called Alta Rippa, who built a Manor House there in about 1100. The Manor House itself has not survived but the area that the estate occupied is now Park Farm, which gets its name from the Deer Park which the Alta Rippa family established in about 1200. The coming of the Manor revived the village's fortunes and it grew in importance throughout the feudal period.
An account of what it was like to live in the village in the early part of the 20th century is given in the book A view of Edwardian Lurgashall by H.S.Roots. It was re-published in 2000 and is based on the memories of a child called Harold who came to the village aged four in 1899. His father was the headmaster of the village school for 10 years and the book is an account of Harold's time growing up in the village and giving accounts of rural life as it was then in what was a fairly isolated village on the northern outskirts of Petworth.
In 1557 a village inn was built at the side of the Green, probably with funds provided by the Manor. At first it had no name at all, since it was not necessary to distinguish it from any other, but since records began in about 1700, it has been known as 'The Noah's Ark'. It is said that it acquired this somewhat unusual name because a pond was once outside the door, which patrons had to cross to refresh themselves, giving the impression of animals crossing into the Ark before the deluge.
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