Stedham with Iping

{{Short description|Civil parish in West Sussex, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Stedham with Iping

| country = England

| civil_parish = Stedham with Iping

| region = South East England

| static_image_name = Stedham Bridge.JPG

| static_image_width =

| static_image_caption = Stedham Bridge

| 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|access-date=18 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075926/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf|archive-date=8 June 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 10.81

| population = 767.

| population_ref = 2011 Census{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129041&c=GU29+0JH&d=16&e=62&g=6473876&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1445007756914&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=16 October 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics {{!}} Neighbourhood Statistics}}

| population_density = {{convert|75|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}

| os_grid_reference = SU857225

| coordinates = {{coord|50.99587|-0.77917|display=inline,title}}

| post_town = MIDHURST

| postcode_area = GU

| postcode_district = GU29

| dial_code = 01730

| constituency_westminster = Arundel and South Downs

| london_distance = {{convert|45|mi}} NE

| shire_district = Chichester

| shire_county = West Sussex

| website =

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Stedham with Iping is a civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is approximately two miles (3 km) west of Midhurst and comprises the two villages of Stedham and Iping. There are two churches in the parish: St James' in Stedham and St Mary's in Iping. Its watermill (now disused) was used for the production of blotting paper.{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002166/19100728/149/0006|title=Paper-Making at Iping|date=28 July 1910|work=West Sussex Gazette|access-date=15 February 2019|issue=2901|page=6|url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

In the 2001 census the parish had an area of 11 km² (2,671 acres) and had 346 households with a total population of 814. 413 residents were economically active. The population at the 2011 Census was 767.

Former parish residents include Kerry Packer who maintained a polo team in the area.{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article782793.ece | location=London | work=The Times | title=Kerry Packer the Times obituary | date=27 December 2005}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

One of the stories of H. G. Wells, "The Invisible Man" begins when the bandaged invisible man comes to a village called Iping to rent a room, gets discovered, and has to fight frightened villagers to get away.{{citation needed|date= February 2019}}