Lower Beeding

Lower Beeding
Sussex
Holy Trinity Church, Lower Beeding
Location
Grid reference:	TQ220273
Location:	51°1’58"N, 0°15’40"W
Data
Population:	1,022  (2011)
Post town:	Horsham
Postcode:	RH13
Dialling code:	01403
Local Government
Council:	Horsham
Parliamentary constituency:	Horsham

Lower Beeding is a village in Sussex, on the B2110, B2115 and A281 roads three and a half miles south-east of Horsham.

At its heart are Holy Trinity Church and The Plough public house, where the B2115 meets the B2110.

The wider parish includes such hamlets as Crabtree to the south of the village, and Ashfold Crossways and Plummer's Plain to the north-east. At Plummer's Plain there is a spring that is the official source of the River Ouse, which eventually reaches the sea at Newhaven.

In the early 13th century the monks of Sele Priory (St Peter's Church, Upper Beeding) began a mission to the area of St Leonard's Forest near Horsham, and established a small mission base, naming it Lower Beeding. Despite being some ten miles away, Lower Beeding remained a part of (Upper) Beeding parish until Victorian times. The existence of Lower Beeding led to differentiation in the name of the original Beeding in some mediæval sources, adding the 'Upper'.

About the village

A local landmark is Leonardslee Gardens, between Lower Beeding village and Crabtree; the gardens were closed to the public in 2010 but reopened in April 2019.

The South Lodge Hotel in Lower Beeding was the venue for the 2009 G20 Summit meeting of finance ministers.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Lower Beeding)

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