Cowfold
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Cowfold | |
Cowfold shown within West Sussex |
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Parish | Cowfold |
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 | Horsham |
List of places: UK • England • West Sussex |
Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1925.6 hectares (4756 acres). In the 2001 census 1864 people lived in 729 households, of whom 987 were economically active.
The village has two pubs and some shops. The thirteen-century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter.[1] There is a Carthusian monastery dedicated to St Hugh at Parkminster.[2] An Éolienne Bollée there has been restored.