Halnaker
| Halnaker | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Halnaker Windmill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU908081 |
| Location: | 50°51’54"N, -0°42’43"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Chichester |
| Postcode: | PO18 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Chichester |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Chichester |
Halnaker is a hamlet in Sussex, on the A285 road three and a half miles north-east of Chichester, where it follows the line of the Roman road to London called Stane Street.
The hamlet has a pub, The Anglesey Arms. Goodwood House is southwest of the village. North of the village Halnaker Windmill stands on Halnaker Hill, a southern outpost of the South Downs 420 feet high.
History
Halnaker is recorded in the Domesday Book as having 44 households[1] in the lands belonging to Earl Roger.[2] The Domesday record says:
The same William holds Halnaker of the Earl. Alweard held it TRE and then as now it was assessed at nine hildes. There is land for five ploughs. In demesne there are two ploughs and seventeen villans with twelve cottars with two ploughs. There are eight acres of meadow and woodland for 9 pigs. In Chichester are three burgesses paying 5 shillings. TRE it was worth four pounds now 100 shillings.[3]
The place was in mediæval times also referred to as Halfnaked.[4] 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.[5]
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References
- ↑ Halnaker in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Earl Roger held several manors in Sussex including Mid Lavant, Chichester, Binderton and Cocking.
- ↑ Domesday Book, a complete translation, Ann Williams and GH Martin (Eds), p61, ISBN 0-14-051535-6, 2002
- ↑ L.F. Salzmann, ed (1916). An abstract of Feet of Fines for the County of Sussex: vol. 3: 1308-1509. pp. 11–15. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=65798.
- ↑ Template:Genki
- A History of the County of Sussex - Volume 4 pp 140-150: Halnaker (Boxgrove) (Victoria County History)