Cowfold
{{short description|Village and civil parish in West Susses}}
{{redirects|Parkminster|Parkminster Monastery|St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Cowfold
| country = England
| civil_parish = Cowfold
| region = South East England
| static_image = Alongside Cowfold churchyard.JPG
| static_image_width = 240px
| static_image_caption =
| area_total_km2 = 19.26
| population = 1,864
| population_ref = 2001 Census
1,904 (2011 Census){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122391&c=Cowfold&d=16&e=62&g=6474339&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1475069777375&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=28 September 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}
| population_density = {{convert|97|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
| os_grid_reference = TQ213225
| coordinates = {{coord|50.98975|-0.27256|display=inline,title}}
| post_town = HORSHAM
| postcode_area = RH
| postcode_district = RH13
| dial_code = 01403
| constituency_westminster = Horsham
| london_distance = {{convert|36|mi}} N
| shire_district = Horsham
| shire_county = West Sussex
| website = http://www.cowfold-pc.gov.uk/
}}
Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of {{convert|1926|ha|acre|abbr=off}}. In the 2001 census 1,864 people lived in 729 households, of whom 987 were economically active. The population at the 2011 Census had risen to 1,904.
History
- In 1927 electricity was made available in the village.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cowfoldhistorysociety.org.uk|title=Cowfold Village History Society|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-07-06|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124200155/http://www.cowfoldhistorysociety.org.uk/|url-status=live}}
- In 1938 a sewage works was built on the south-east side of the village, and piped water was supplied to houses.
- In 1984 there was a restaurant in the village, and two antique shops.
- In 2014, the Coach House Inn (formerly "The Red Lion"), located next to the north roundabout, closed to make way for a new Co-op food store, and the former Co-op situated in The Village Store was closed.
- In 2018 a new sports pavilion/community facility was erected on the recreational field, on the former site of the old football pavilion, named The Allmond Centre.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theallmondcentre.org.uk/|title=The Allmond Centre {{!}} Cowfold’s new community hub|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-20|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127060616/http://www.theallmondcentre.org.uk/|url-status=live}}
Community
The village has a shop, café, Indian restaurant, beauty salon, hairdressers, barbers, VW motor service centre and lawn-mower shop. The 'Hare and Hounds' pub is also to the south of the village. The thirteenth-century Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter. At Parkminster, to the south of the village, is St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, formerly Picknoll Farm, the only post-Reformation Carthusian monastery in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.cowfold-pc.gov.uk/content/1_General.asp |title=Cowfold Overview |publisher=Cowfold Parish Council |accessdate=13 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105173612/http://www.cowfold-pc.gov.uk/content/1_General.asp |archivedate=January 5, 2009 }} An Éolienne Bollée there has been restored.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}
The village has a scout group, which meets in the local scout hut on the playing field, and a guide group, which meets in the school hall.Cowfold Parish Council, [https://www.cowfold-pc.gov.uk/our-village/ Our Village], accessed 25 April 2024
Cowfold F.C. participate in the West Sussex Premier League, in tier 11 of the English football league system.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}
= Village Hall =
The Cowfold Village Hall opened in 1896 to celebrate Queen Victoria's jubilee, donated to the village by Frederick Du Cane Godman. The hall was built on an old saw pit owned by Fowlers, the local builders, as part of a deal between Godman and Fowlers. As part of the deal, Fowlers occupied a site owned by Godman near the 'Hare and Hounds' pub, and they are still situated there today.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cowfoldvillagehall.org/history/|title=History|date=2016-03-26|website=Cowfold Village Hall|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-20|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928054942/http://www.cowfoldvillagehall.org/history/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00216546|title=Fowler Bros Registration|website=companieshouse.gov.uk|access-date=2019-04-22|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422104743/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00216546|url-status=live}}
The Village Hall was registered as a charity in 1963.{{Cite web|url=https://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=305357&SubsidiaryNumber=0|title=Cowfold Village Hall Charity Registration|website=charitycommission.gov.uk|access-date=2019-04-22|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122234737/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Cowfold}}
- [http://www.cowfoldhistorysociety.org.uk/ Cowfold Village History Society website]
- [http://www.cowfoldvillagehall.org/history/ Cowfold Village Hall History]
- [http://www.cowfold-pc.gov.uk/ Cowfold Parish Council]
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