Woodmancote, Henfield
| Woodmancote | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Church of St. Peter | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ235147 |
| Location: | 50°55’7"N, 0°14’40"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 543 (2011) |
| Post town: | Henfield |
| Postcode: | BN5 |
| Dialling code: | 01273 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Horsham |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Arundel and South Downs |
Woodmancote is a village in Sussex, a mile south-east of Henfield on the A281 road.
This one of two villages in Sussex of the same name (the other standing close to the Hampshire border).
This scattered community has no village centre. The parish includes the hamlet of Blackstone.
The parish church, St Peter's, stands alone beside the A281 road and dates to the thirteenth century, and was largely rebuilt in 1868. Close to the church is Woodmancote Place, a large house used as a country club. There is also a parish hall.
Woodmancote is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Odemancote". Two of the Lewes martyrs, burnt at the stake in the Marian Persecutions of 1556, Thomas Harland and John Oswald, came from Woodmancote.[1]
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References
- ↑ The Lewes Martyrs' Memorial: Sussex Agricultural Express issue 7031, 11 May 1901, page 7] (British Newspaper Archive)