Chithurst
| Chithurst | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 St Mary, Chithurst | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU838224 |
| Location: | 50°59’42"N, -0°48’22"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | GU31 |
| Local Government | |
Chithurst is a small village in the east of Sussex, on the River Rother upstream of Midhurst, two and a half miles to the west of the town. Upstream of Chithurst is Trotton and downstream Iping.
Parish church
The parish church in Chithurst is St Mary's Church, which dates from the 11th century[1] It is one of the smallest recorded in Taylor & Taylor's Anglo-Saxon Architecture and exhibits Saxon features in the proportions, the thinness of the walls, a splayed window in the south chancel wall, long-and-short work quoins with large shaped stones, and some herringbone work in the stone rubble masonry of the walls.
The church consists of nave and chancel which show these signs of construction in the Anglo-Saxon era, later west porch and bell turret.
History
Chithurst (Titcherste) is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, which records it as having 14 households comprising six villagers, five smallholders and three slaves; with ploughing land, woodland, meadows, a mill and a church, it had a value to the lord of the manor of £3.[2]
In 1861, Chithurst had a population of 213 and an area of 1,047 acre of which, according to Kelly's 1867 Directory "about 360 are waste and wood land".[3]
About the village
There is in the village a Buddhist, centre known as 'Cittaviveka' or the Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, founded by Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ A History of the County of Sussex - Volume 4 pp 4-6: Chithurst (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Chithurst in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Information on Chithurst from GENUKI