Coombes
| Coombes | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Coombes parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ192083 |
| Location: | 50°51’47"N, 0°18’29"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 51 (2001) |
| Post town: | Lancing |
| Postcode: | BN15 |
| Dialling code: | 01903 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Adur |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Worthing and Shoreham |
Coombes is a hamlet in Sussex, in the valley of the River Adur two miles north-west of Shoreham-by-Sea.
Coombes Church is an 11th-century Church of England parish church that has lost its dedication. It has some of the most important mediæval wall paintings in Britain, which were painted around 1100. There is a single church bell that weighs about 77 lb and was probably cast in Normandy. It is one of the oldest bells in Sussex, dated to around 1150. The church is roofed with Horsham Stone slabs.
The civil parish has an area of 1,300 acres and has a parish meeting rather than a parish council. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 51 people living in 22 households of whom 23 were economically active.
Church Farm is next to the parish church and Applesham Farm is about half a mile to the south.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Coombes) |
- Combes: Victoria County History
References
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Sussex, 1965 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09677-4page 113
