Linch

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Linch

| country = England

| civil_parish = Linch

| region = South East England

| static_image = St Luke's Church, Woodmansgreen, Linch (Geograph Image 2450113 16284f22).jpg

| static_image_width = 250px

| static_image_caption =

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf |title=2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish |publisher=West Sussex County Council |accessdate=5 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075926/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf |archivedate= 8 June 2011 }}

| area_total_km2 = 3.44

| population = 78

| population_ref = 2001 Census

| population_density = {{convert|23|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}

| os_grid_reference = SU861275

| coordinates = {{coord|51.04065|-0.77201|display=inline,title}}

| post_town = LIPHOOK

| postcode_area = GU

| postcode_district = GU30

| dial_code = 01428

| constituency_westminster = Chichester

| london_distance = {{convert|43|mi}} NE

| shire_district = Chichester

| shire_county = West Sussex

| website =

}}

Linch is an Anglican parish,{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Linch|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Linch|accessdate=22 June 2019}} and a loose collection of hamlets that make up the civil parish of the same name in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, {{convert|5|mi}} northwest of Midhurst. It has an eighteenth-century church dedicated to St Luke.

History

=Norman period=

Linch (Lince) was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) in the ancient hundred of Easebourne as having 14 households: seven villagers, five smallholders and two slaves; with woodland, meadows, ploughing land and a church, it had a value to the lord of the manor, Robert, son of Theobald, of £5.{{cite web|title=Open Domesday: Linch|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SU8418/linch/|accessdate=22 June 2019}}

=19th century=

In 1861, the parish area was {{convert|1220|acre}}, described as "chiefly waste or woodland", and a population of 111.

=21st century=

In the 2001 census there were 29 households in the civil parish with a total population of 78 of whom 40 were economically active.

Parish church

According to Kelly's Directory of 1867, the parish church of St Luke was built around 1700. It contains an unusual stained glass window of much earlier date; the stone church is otherwise plain.

Hollycombe Steam Collection

The Hollycombe Steam Collection is in the parish.{{cite news|work=The Guardian|author=Brian Gooding|date=11 December 2003|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/dec/11/guardianobituaries.conservatives|title=Obituary: John Baldock|accessdate=22 June 2019}}

References

External links

[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Linch Further historical information and sources on GENUKI]

Category:Villages in West Sussex

Category:Chichester District