Linchmere

Linchmere
Sussex
Linchmere Common
Location
Grid reference:	SU869308
Location:	51°4’15"N, 0°45’36"W
Data
Population:	2,392  (2011, parish)
Post town:	Haslemere
Postcode:	GU27
Dialling code:	01428
Local Government
Council:	Chichester
Parliamentary constituency:	Chichester

Linchmere, also often spelled Lynchmere, is a village in the very north of Sussex, and indeed is reckoned the northernmost parish in the county, The wider parish includes Linchmere itself and the hamlets of Hammer and Camelsdale, which both lie against the border of Surrey.

The parish is bordered to the north by Haslemere in Surrey with a tributary of the River Wey as boundary, to the east by Fernhurst parish, to the south by Linch civil parish with the Shulbrede stream as boundary, and to the west by the civil parish of Bramshott in Hampshire.

In the 2001 census there were in the civil parish 836 households, with a total population of 2,225 of whom 1,127 were economically active. The population at the 2011 Census was 2,392.

Richard Dimbleby is buried in St Peter's churchyard. According to the link, he was cremated.

History

Shulbrede Priory

The name 'Linchmere' was, in ancient times, spelled Wlenchemere.

The area includes the remains of an Augustinian priory founded in 1200 and at first known as Woolynchmere Priory. Its later name, Shulbrede Priory, is now attached to the priory remains (to be found a mile south of the village centre), to an associated manor house, and to the peerage of Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede.

The settlement at Hammer took its name from an iron mill which was active there from before 1573 until at least 1730. There were also other iron works in the district including one partly in what is now Fernhurst parish. The associated water supply is still named Furnace Pond and is just a mile and a half south of Linchmere village.

St Peter's Church

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Linchmere)

• A History of the County of Sussex - Volume 4 pp 67-70: Linchmere (Victoria County History)