Heyshott
{{Short description|Village and parish in West Sussex, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Heyshott
| country = England
| civil_parish = Heyshott
| region = South East England
| static_image_name = Heyshott Green.JPG
| static_image_caption = Heyshott Green
| area_total_km2 = 9.38
| population = 270.
| population_ref = 2011 Census{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124544&c=GU29+0AF&d=16&e=62&g=6473874&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1445077059870&enc=1|title=Civil Parish 2011|access-date=17 October 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}
| population_density = {{convert|33|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
| os_grid_reference = SU897181
| coordinates = {{coord|50.95563|-0.72392|display=inline,title}}
| post_town = MIDHURST
| postcode_area = GU
| postcode_district = GU29
| dial_code = 01730
| constituency_westminster = Chichester
| london_distance = {{convert|46|mi}} NE
| shire_district = Chichester
| shire_county = West Sussex
| website =
}}
Heyshott is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is approximately three miles south of Midhurst and lies within the South Downs National Park. Like many villages it has lost its shop but still has one pub, The Unicorn Inn. The hamlet of Hoyle is to the northeast of the village.Ordnance Survey
History
In the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547), the manor was associated with Petworth, and in the 19th century was the property of Lord Leconfield.{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Heyshott|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Heyshott|access-date=9 May 2023}}
Civil parish
Anglican parish
File:St James's Church Heyshott.JPG
The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St James the Great. Bishop Morris Maddocks is buried at the local church, alongside his wife Anne.
Parish records date back to 1690.
The area of the parish in the mid-19th century was {{convert|2171|acre|ha}} and the parish population was 396.
Features and events
Heyshott holds an annual bonfire and firework display, which is held on a Saturday evening close to 5 November, from 7pm.
It also gives its name to the nearby site, "Heyshott Down Nature Reserve" - which is found just to the south of the village. The reserve is an SSSI (site of special scientific interest) containing neolithic and Bronze Age earthworks on a chalk grassland.{{cite web|title=National Trails|url=http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdowns/site.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=82&c=|access-date=12 October 2017}} The reserve offers a view over the village and a large portion of the south-western Weald.
There is a large number of listed buildings in and around the village, including the church, many cottages and a telephone kiosk.{{cite web|title=British Listed Buildings: Heyshott|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/search/?q=Heyshott#.ZFpnOuzMLfY|access-date=9 May 2023}}
Notable people
- Richard Cobden (1804-1865), English manufacturer, politician and trade activist, lived at Dunford House, a Grade II listed building;{{NHLE|num=1025929 |desc=Dunford House |grade=II |access-date=9 May 2023 }} a former pub in Cocking was named after him.
- Anne Maddocks (1911-2006), organist
- General Frank Messervy (1893-1973), general in the British Army in WW2{{cite odnb|first=Frank |last=Messervy |id= |title=ODNB 1871-1980: Messervy}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Heyshott}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203407/http://www.achurchnearyou.com/venue.php?V=4971 St James's Church]
- [https://murraydownlandtrust.org.uk/heyshott-down.html Heyshott Down nature Reserve]
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Heyshott Further historical information and sources on GENUKI]
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