Plaistow, Sussex
| Plaistow | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Plaistow village centre | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ004309 |
| Location: | 51°4’10"N, -0°34’4"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,898 (2011) |
| Post town: | Billingshurst |
| Postcode: | RH14 |
| Dialling code: | 01403 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Chichester |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Chichester |
Plaistow is a village in the north-west of Sussex, a mile west of Ifold and a mile south of the border with Surrey. It has a village green, a recreation ground, a children's playground, a village pond, a shop, a pub (The Sun Inn) and a parish church.
The Sun Inn was purchased by the Pullen family in 1807. Holy Trinity Church (a Chapel of Ease) was once a wooden structure which was destroyed by fire. The church was rebuilt in 1859.
Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School was built in 1869. A plaque on the front of the school's original Victorian building acknowledges the significant funding from John Napper, Esquire of Ifold House, who then owned much of the land in the parish.
About the village
Chiddingfold Forest is a Site of Special Scientific Interest partly within the parish.[1] This is an important butterfly egg-laying area. There are also rare moths in this locality including: the argent and sable, common fan-foot, white-line snout, waved carpet and drab looper.[2]
Chiddingfold Forest is home to the Bechstein's bat. Three maternity colonies have been identified which have at least eighty breeding females.[3]
Sport
- Football: Plaistow FC, which was formed in 1931 and whose home ground is 'Foxfields'.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ SSSI listing and designation for Chiddingfold Forest
- ↑ Forestry Commission press release
- ↑ Tracking mammals partnership