Halnaker
| Halnaker | |
|---|---|
 Halnaker Windmill | |
  Halnaker Location withinWest Sussex | |
| OS grid reference | SU907080 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chichester |
| Postcode district | PO18 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Halnaker[needs IPA]is ahamletin theChichesterdistrictofWest Sussex,England. It lies on theA285 road3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast ofChichester,where it follows the line of theRoman roadtoLondoncalledStane Street.There is a pub,The Anglesey Arms.Goodwood Houseis southwest of the village. North of the villageHalnaker Windmillstands on 128 metre/420 feet high Halnaker Hill, a southern outpost of theSouth Downs.It is in thecivil parishofBoxgrove.
History
[edit]Halnaker is mentioned in theDomesday Bookunder the Hundred ofBoxgrove,Sussex, as having 44 households[1]in the lands belonging toEarl Roger.[2]The book which was written in 1086 said:
The same William holds Halnaker of the Earl. Alweard held it TRE[3]and then as now it was assessed at nine hildes. There is land for five ploughs. In demesne, there are two ploughs and seventeenvillanswith twelvecottarswith two ploughs. There are eight acres of meadow and woodland for 9 pigs. InChichesterare three burgesses paying 5 shillings. TRE it was worth four pounds now 100 shillings.[4]
The place was in medieval times also referred to asHalfnaked.[5]Kelly's Directory of 1867 says that Boxgrove manor-house
...is said to have been built by Sir Thomas West, who married, early in the reign of Henry VIII, Elizabeth, the heiress of John Bonville, of Halnaker.[6]
Further reading
[edit]- Halnaker (Boxgrove),Victoria County History,Vol. 4 (Sussex), London, 1953[1]
References
[edit]- ^"Open Domesday: Halnaker".Retrieved16 June2019.
- ^Earl Roger held several manors in Sussex includingMid Lavant,Chichester,BindertonandCocking.
- ^Tempore Regis Edwardie in the time of King Edward before theNorman Conquestin 1066
- ^Domesday Book, a complete translation, Ann Williams and GH Martin (Eds), p61,ISBN0-14-051535-6,2002
- ^L.F. Salzmann, ed. (1916).An abstract of Feet of Fines for the County of Sussex: vol. 3: 1308-1509.pp. 11–15.
- ^"GENUKI: Boxgrove".Retrieved16 June2019.
External links
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