Henfield is a village in West Sussex , England. Community Center
| Locality | |
| Hanfield | |
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| Telephone code | +44 1273 |
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Located 33 miles (53 km) south of London , 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Brighton and 30 miles (48 km) east northeast of Chichester County, at the intersection of A281 and A2037 .
The parish has an area of 4285 acres (1734.1 ha). In the 2001 census, 5,012 people lived in 2,153 households, of which 2,361 were economically active. The nearby cities of Burgess Hill to the east and Shoreham-by-Sea to the south.
The population for the 2011 census was 5,349.
Two channels of the Adur River, western and eastern, merge to the west of the city at the Betley Bridge. From Hanfield, Adur flows into the English Channel and flows into the Shoreham-u-Sea.
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Famous residents
- 3 Attractions
- 4 Literature
- 5 notes
- 6 References
History
Hanfield was a large village, consisting of 52 households, already during the first land census (1086).
Hanfield has one of the oldest cricket clubs in the world (since 1771) [1] and the oldest scout group in the country (since 1907).
In 1913, local suffragist Elizabeth Robins used her farmhouse in Bucksettown, near Hanfield, to house suffragists recovering from a hunger strike. [2]
Famous residents
Henry Bishop (1605 - 1691) was born - in the future the chief postmaster of England.
Sights
House with cats