Easebourne
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Easebourne | |
Easebourne shown within West Sussex |
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OS grid reference | |
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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: UK • England • West Sussex |
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.