Ashurst, West Sussex
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Ashurst | |
Ashurst shown within West Sussex |
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Population | 226 (2001) |
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Parish | Ashurst |
District | Horsham |
Shire county | West Sussex |
Region | South East |
Constituent country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Sussex |
Fire | West Sussex |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
European Parliament | South East England |
UK Parliament | Arundel and South Downs |
List of places: UK • England • West Sussex |
Ashurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, about 2 miles west of Henfield, and 11 miles south of Horsham on the B2135 road. The village is about one kilometre west of the River Adur. There is a twelfth century parish church dedicated to St James, a C of E primary school and a pub, the Fountain Inn.
The parish has a land area of 1009.4 hectares (2493 acres). In the 2001 census 226 people lived in 97 households, of whom 112 were economically active.