Stedham
{{Short description|Village in West Sussex, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| static_image_name = Stedham3.JPG
| static_image_width =
| static_image_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|50.99253|-0.77336|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Stedham
| population =
| civil_parish = Stedham with Iping
| shire_district = Chichester
| shire_county = West Sussex
| region = South East England
| constituency_westminster = Arundel and South Downs
| post_town = Midhurst
| postcode_district = GU29
| postcode_area = GU
| dial_code = 01730
| os_grid_reference = SU861221
}}
Stedham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stedham with Iping, in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England, on the A272 road {{convert|1.5|mi}} west of Midhurst. In 1961 the parish had a population of 649.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10311421/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Stedham CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 May 2023}} On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished and merged with Iping to form "Stedham with Iping".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/midhurst%20and%20petworth.html|title=Midhurst & Petworth Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=12 May 2023}}
The village has a garden centre, social club and a pub, The Hamilton Arms, which has a Thai restaurant. The village shop closed in 1991.{{cite web|url=https://www.gravelroots.net/stedham/stedham.html|title=Stedham, West Sussex, Iping, West Sussex, England, UK|website=www.gravelroots.net|access-date=24 March 2019}}
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. At the 2011 Census the ward had a population of 2,114.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/stedham-e05007626#sthash.gOTAbMaI.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=16 October 2015}}
Parish history
=Church=
The parish church of St James is at the north end of the village just above the River Rother. The original church was built c. 1040, however not much of this is left. The upper parts of the church are dated c. 1673. The churchyard contains a yew tree which is thought to be over 2,500 years old.{{cite web|url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/5164/about-us/|title=St James Church, Stedham - A Church Near You|access-date=20 June 2019}}{{cite web|title=The Parish Church of St James, Stedham|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Stedham/TheParishChurchofStJames|access-date=20 June 2019}}
=Domesday Book=
The parish (then called Stedeham) was listed in the Domesday Book (1086), in the ancient hundred of Easebourne, as a large settlement having 49 households: 23 villagers, 16 smallholders and 10 slaves. Resources included ploughing land, meadows, woodland, three mills and the church.{{cite web|title=Open Domesday: Stedham|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SU8622/stedham/|access-date=20 June 2019}}
=19th century=
In 1861, the parish extended to {{convert|2249|acre}} and the population was 530.{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Stedham|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Stedham|access-date=20 June 2019}}
Stedham's watermill at the north end of the village was used for manufacturing blotting paper.
Education
Stedham Primary School{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?rlz=1C1AFAB_enGB496GB496&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=stedham+primary+school|title=Google|website=www.google.co.uk|access-date=24 March 2019}} is the main primary school serving the village.{{cite web|url=https://www.stedham.w-sussex.sch.uk/website|title=Welcome to Stedham Primary School|website=www.stedham.w-sussex.sch.uk|access-date=24 March 2019}} In 2014 Durand Academy in Stockwell, South London opened a boarding school for its senior pupils at the site of the former St Cuthman's School in Stedham,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11218183/A-boarding-school-education-in-the-country-for-children-from-inner-city-London.html |first1=Patrick |last1=Sawer |first2=Christopher |last2=Hope |title=A boarding school education in the country |work=The Telegraph |date=9 November 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/dec/01/state-sector-eton-inner-city-boarders-durand-academy-west-sussex |title=‘State sector Eton' for inner-city boarders fails to live up to the hype |newspaper=The Guardian |date=1 December 2015|author=Fiona Millar |access-date= 1 December 2015}} The school admitted pupils from South London,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-29406059|title=Boarding school 'to open next month'|date=29 September 2014|access-date=24 March 2019|via=www.bbc.co.uk}} however the school is now closed.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Stedham}}
- [https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Stedham Further historical information and sources on GENUKI]
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Category:Villages in West Sussex