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Arundel

Coordinates:50°51′16″N0°33′14″W/ 50.85439°N 0.5539°W/50.85439; -0.5539
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Arundel
Town overlooked bycastle
Arundel is located in West Sussex
Arundel
Arundel
Location withinWest Sussex
Area12.13 km2(4.68 sq mi)[1]
Population3,475 (civil parish, 2011)[2]
•Density286/km2(740/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTQ018070
•London49 miles (79 km)NNE
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townARUNDEL
Postcode districtBN18
Dialling code01903
PoliceSussex
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50°51′16″N0°33′14″W/ 50.85439°N 0.5539°W/50.85439; -0.5539

Arundel(/ˈærəndəl/ARR-ən-dəlorlocally/ˈɑːndəl/AHN-dəl) is amarket townandcivil parishin theArun Districtof theSouth Downs,West Sussex,England.

The much-conserved town has amedieval castleandRoman Catholic cathedral.Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much largerChichesterin its number oflisted buildingsin West Sussex. TheRiver Arunruns through the eastern side of the town.

Arundel was one of the boroughs reformed by theMunicipal Reform Act 1835.From 1836 to 1889 the town had its own Borough police force with a strength of three.[4]In1974it became part of theArun district,and is now a civil parish with a town council.

Name

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Arundel's old marketplace

The name comes from theOld EnglishHārhūnedell,meaning "valley ofhorehound",and was first recorded in theDomesday Book.[5][6][7]Folk etymology,however, connects the name with the Old French wordarondelle,meaning "swallow", and swallows appear on the town's arms.

Governance

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Arundel Town Hall

Anelectoral wardof the same name exists. This ward stretches north toHoughtonwith a total population at the 2011 census of 4,298.[8]Arundel Town Council is based atArundel Town Hall.[9]

Geography

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Arundel's old town main street

Arundel civil parish occupies an area somewhat larger than its built-up clusters, with the old town towards the north and the new to the south, separated by a main road.[10]

The River Arun at Arundel.

Arundel town is a major bridging point over the River Arun as it was the lowest road bridge until the opening of theLittlehamptonswing bridge in 1908.Arundel Castlewas built by theNormansto protect that vulnerable fairly wooded plain to the north of the valley through the South Downs. The town later grew up on the slope below the castle to the south.[11]The river was previously called the Tarrant and was renamed after the town byantiquariansin aback-formation.

Arundel includes meadows to the south but is clustered north of theA27 road,which narrowly avoids the town centre by a short and congestedsingle carriagewaybypass.Plans for a more extensive,HQDCbypass were debated intensely between 1980 and 2010 and a junction was built for it at Crossbush. In Spring 2018,Highways Englandpublished their preferred route for the new bypass.[12]During 2018-19 there is a further period of consultation when views on a more detailed design for the four-mile (six-kilometre) dual carriageway will be sought.

Arundel railway stationis on theArun Valley Line.TheMonarch's Waylong-distance footpath passes through the town and crosses the river here, while just under five miles (eight kilometres) north and northwest of the town the route of theSouth Downs Wayruns.

The town itself lies outside the boundaries of theSouth Downs National Park.

Society

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Arundel cathedral from the South

Arundel is home toArundel Castle,seat of theDuke of Norfolk;and toArundel Cathedral,seat of the (Catholic)Bishop of Arundel and Brighton.

On 6 July 2004, Arundel was grantedFairtrade Townstatus.[13]

People born in Arundel are known locally as Mullets, due to the presence ofmulletin the River Arun.[14]

Arundel is home to one of the oldest Scout Groups in the world. 1st Arundel (Earl of Arundel's Own) Scout Group was formed in 1908 only a few weeks afterScoutingbegan.[15]Based in an HQ in Green Lane Close, it has active sections ofBeaver Scouts,Cub Scoutsand Scouts.

Sport and leisure

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Arundel has anon-League footballclubArundel F.C.which plays at Mill Road.

The town also hasits own cricket groundat the castle, often cited as being one of the country's most picturesque.[16]It hostsSussex County Cricket Clubfor a number of games each season.

Notable people

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The church of St Nicholas

See also

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References

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  1. ^"2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish"(PDF).West Sussex County Council. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 8 June 2011.Retrieved26 March2009.
  2. ^Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population DensityArchived11 February 2003 at theWayback Machine2011 United Kingdom censusOffice for National StatisticsRetrieved 21 November 2013
  3. ^"Arundel Town Council Website".Arundel Town Council.Retrieved28 July2021.
  4. ^Neville Poulsom, Mike Rumble and Keith SmithSussex Police forces; a pictorial history from 1836 to 1986(Middleton Press) (1987)ISBN0 906520 436
  5. ^"Open Domesday: Arundel".Retrieved19 November2022.
  6. ^Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Mills, A. D.; Room, Adrian (2002).The Oxford Names Companion.Oxford: the University Press. p. 1011.ISBN0198605617.
  7. ^"Key to English Place-names".kepn.nottingham.ac.uk.Archivedfrom the original on 29 June 2021.Retrieved18 July2021.
  8. ^"Ward population 2011".Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved13 October2015.
  9. ^"WElcome".Arundel Town Council.Retrieved17 April2022.
  10. ^"Parish Headcounts, Area: Arundel CP".Neighbourhood Statistics.Office for National Statistics.2001. Archived fromthe originalon 12 June 2011.Retrieved5 April2008.
  11. ^Arundel Castle, Schedule Ancient Monument and Grade I listed buildingHistoric England."Details from listed building database (1012500)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved5 May2014.
  12. ^"A27 Arundel Bypass Preferred route announcement"(PDF).Highways England.Archived(PDF)from the original on 17 July 2018.Retrieved16 July2018.
  13. ^"Fairtrade town status".Archived fromthe originalon 7 March 2008.
  14. ^"Facts about West Sussex".West Sussex County Council. 23 October 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 8 June 2009.Retrieved28 March2009.
  15. ^"Forward! Once more..."(PDF).Newsletter Issue 1.Arundel Scout Group. January 2008. p. 1. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 9 March 2012.Retrieved16 March2009.
  16. ^"Cricinfoengland".Archivedfrom the original on 25 July 2008.Retrieved16 March2008.
  17. ^"Professor Christopher Alexander".International Who's Who.Retrieved27 April2022.
  18. ^"Bird flew in the face of the law".Littlehampton Gazette.Littlehampton, U.K. 23 September 1955. p. 2.Retrieved21 September2021.Miss Mary Chater, a magistrate, drew the chairman's attention to the blue-tit
  19. ^"Planning Application".Arundel Town Council.Retrieved27 April2022.
  20. ^Cooper, Emmanuel (13 September 2008)."Derek Davis: Eclectic painter and potter".The Independent.Archived fromthe originalon 20 November 2010.Retrieved13 September2008.
  21. ^"Judy Geeson".Classic Movie Hub.Retrieved27 April2022.
  22. ^Pollen, John Hungerford. "Ven. Philip Howard." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 4 Apr. 2013
  23. ^Edwards, Gail; Saltman, Judith (2014).Picturing Canada: A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing.University of Toronto Press. p. 22.ISBN978-1442622821.
  24. ^"Memories of Prof CEM Joad".Sussex World. 4 February 2013.Retrieved27 April2022.
  25. ^"George MacDonald".Wheaton College.Retrieved19 June2018.
  26. ^"Grand National winner Liam Treadwell offered chance to fix teeth for free".The Telegraph.23 April 2009.Archivedfrom the original on 26 April 2009.Retrieved6 August2018.
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