Lyminster
| Lyminster | |
 St Mary Magdalene parish church |
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  Lyminster Lyminster shown within West Sussex | |
| Area | 5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi) [1] |
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| Population | 369 (2011 Census)[2] |
| - Density | 60 /km2 (160 /sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ025047 |
| - London | 50 miles (80 km) NNE |
| Civil parish | Lyminster and Crossbush |
| District | Arun |
| Shire county | West Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Littlehampton |
| Postcode district | BN17 |
| Dialling code | 01903 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Arundel and South Downs |
| Website | Lyminster and Crossbush Parish Council |
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Lyminster is a village in Lyminster and Crossbush civil parish, in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is just north of Littlehampton, about 2 miles (3 km) north of the town centre. The civil parish covers an area of 1,451 acres (587 ha) and the 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 369 people.[2]
The Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalene is an 11th-century Saxon[3] building and Grade I listed.[4] The church has a ring of six bells. Lester and Pack of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the treble, second and fourth bells in 1759.[5] John Warner and Sons of Cripplegate, London cast the third and fifth bells in 1887,[5] the year of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the tenor bell in 1950.[5] According to the Hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript the village is the burial place of Saint Cuthflæd of Lyminster.[6] [7]
Just to the north of the village is a knuckerhole which, according to legend, was once the home of a dragon, the Knucker. The church contains a tombstone called the Slayer's Slab, which is supposed to be from the tomb of the dragonslayer.
Lyminster has a public house, The Six Bells.[8]
References
- ↑ "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". West Sussex County Council. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Area: Lyminster and Crossbush (Parish); Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office of National Statistics. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ↑ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 121.
- ↑ "The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 12 October 1954. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Rix, Geoff (6 July 2012). "Lyminster S Mary Magd". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ↑ Stowe MS 944, British Library
- ↑ The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford University Press.
- ↑ The Six Bells, Lyminster
Sources and further reading
- Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 267–268. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
- Page, William, ed. (1973). A History of the County of Sussex. Victoria County History 2. p. 121.
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