Partridge Green
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Partridge Green is a village in the Horsham
District of West Sussex
, England
. It lies on the B2135 road 2.4 miles (3.9km) northwest of Henfield
.
It takes its name from a family called Partrych who were registered in the area in 1332. The name Partrych comes from the medieval word Petriche, the word for a snarer of partridges. Jolesfield was the original medieval settlement and it was only in 1861 that the village started to develop with the arrival of the Horsham to Shoreham railway line (see Steyning Line
and Partridge Green railway station
). St Michael and All Angels Church
was built in the 1890 to keep up with the increase in population.
The settlement in what today is Partridge Green originated around the road junction of the B2135 and B2116 with several houses (in 1840 there was around six houses) and an inn called the Hare and Hounds, which was one of the meeting places for the West Grinstead
Hundred court between 1786 to 1802. With the arrival of the railway, the inn was replaced with a new building called the Station Inn (later Station Hotel). After the closure of the railway in 1966 it was renamed The Partridge.
Horsham (district)
Horsham is a local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in Horsham. The district borders those of Crawley, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Chichester, Arun and Adur....
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...
. It lies on the B2135 road 2.4 miles (3.9km) northwest of Henfield
Henfield
Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012...
.
It takes its name from a family called Partrych who were registered in the area in 1332. The name Partrych comes from the medieval word Petriche, the word for a snarer of partridges. Jolesfield was the original medieval settlement and it was only in 1861 that the village started to develop with the arrival of the Horsham to Shoreham railway line (see Steyning Line
Steyning Line
The Steyning Line was a railway line that connected the West Sussex market town of Horsham with the once bustling south-coast port of Shoreham-by-Sea, with the possibility of an onward connection to Brighton...
and Partridge Green railway station
Partridge Green railway station
Partridge Green was a railway station on the Steyning Line which served the village of Partridge Green.The station closed as a result of the Beeching Axe in 1966 and now forms part of the Downs Link footpath....
). St Michael and All Angels Church
St Michael and All Angels Church, Partridge Green
St Michael and All Angels Church is a late nineteenth century church in the settlement of Partridge Green in the parish of West Grinstead in West Sussex. It was built to cater for the then growing population of the village...
was built in the 1890 to keep up with the increase in population.
The settlement in what today is Partridge Green originated around the road junction of the B2135 and B2116 with several houses (in 1840 there was around six houses) and an inn called the Hare and Hounds, which was one of the meeting places for the West Grinstead
West Grinstead
West Grinstead is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the B2135 road four miles northwest from Henfield.It is within the ancient division of the Rape of Bramber...
Hundred court between 1786 to 1802. With the arrival of the railway, the inn was replaced with a new building called the Station Inn (later Station Hotel). After the closure of the railway in 1966 it was renamed The Partridge.