Loxwood
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Loxwood is a small village
and civil parish
in the Chichester
district of West Sussex
, England
, within the Low Weald
. The Wey and Arun Canal
passes to the East and South of the village.
The 2001 census recorded a population of 1341 people living in 660 households. 536 people were economically active.
There is a primary school
, village hall, children's playing facilities, a sports centre, two churches, a pub The Onslow Arms and a small number of shops.
The village was once the centre for a small Christian sect
, the Society of Dependants, also known as Cokelers. They built their first chapel in the village.
Lawrence Durrell, the renowned author of The Alexandria Quartet, a series of interrelated novels that take as their subject matter the psychology of love and the shifting façades that human beings present to one another, lived here from 1933 to 1934. Durrell, along with his first wife Nancy and another young couple, George and Pam Wilkinson, fled Bloomsbury to live a pastoral bohemian existence. It was here that Durrell, then in his early twenties, wrote what became his first published novel, The Pied Piper of Lovers.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the Chichester
Chichester (district)
Chichester is a largely rural local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in the city of Chichester.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Chichester and the Rural Districts of...
district of West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, within the Low Weald
Weald
The Weald is the name given to an area in South East England situated between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs. It should be regarded as three separate parts: the sandstone "High Weald" in the centre; the clay "Low Weald" periphery; and the Greensand Ridge which...
. The Wey and Arun Canal
Wey and Arun Canal
The Wey and Arun Canal is a 23-mile-long canal in the south of England, between the River Wey at Shalford, Surrey and the River Arun at Pallingham, in West Sussex...
passes to the East and South of the village.
The 2001 census recorded a population of 1341 people living in 660 households. 536 people were economically active.
There is a primary school
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
, village hall, children's playing facilities, a sports centre, two churches, a pub The Onslow Arms and a small number of shops.
The village was once the centre for a small Christian sect
Sect
A sect is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs. Although in past it was mostly used to refer to religious groups, it has since expanded and in modern culture can refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and...
, the Society of Dependants, also known as Cokelers. They built their first chapel in the village.
Lawrence Durrell, the renowned author of The Alexandria Quartet, a series of interrelated novels that take as their subject matter the psychology of love and the shifting façades that human beings present to one another, lived here from 1933 to 1934. Durrell, along with his first wife Nancy and another young couple, George and Pam Wilkinson, fled Bloomsbury to live a pastoral bohemian existence. It was here that Durrell, then in his early twenties, wrote what became his first published novel, The Pied Piper of Lovers.