Easebourne

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Easebourne
Easebourne (West Sussex)
Easebourne

Easebourne shown within West Sussex
OS grid reference SU894225
District Chichester
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 Chichester
List of places: UKEnglandWest Sussex

Coordinates: 50°59′45″N 0°43′34″W / 50.99583, -0.72601

Easebourne (pronounced "Ezborn" or "Ezbun") is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located 0.5 mile (0.8km) north of Midhurst, across the River Rother on the A272 road.

The parish also includes the hamlet of Henley to the north.

The parish church of St Mary is 13th century or earlier in origin. Cowdray Park, to the east of the village, has a golf course, and is home to a first-class Polo club, as well as being a multi-purpose leisure centre. Adjacent to the polo grounds lie the ruins of the tudor Cowdray House.

In the 2001 census there were 708 households with a total population of 1,717 of whom 785 were economically active.

It is the home of Billie Piper and Laurence Fox, who married in the village church of St Mary.

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Polo at Cowdray
Polo at Cowdray