Monk's Gate
| Monk's Gate | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Saxtons Farm, Monks Gate | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ202276 |
| Location: | 51°2’7"N, 0°17’9"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Horsham |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Horsham |
Monk's Gate is a hamlet in the civil parish of Nuthurst, in Sussex. It sits on the A281 road three miles south-east of Horsham.
Hymn tune
Although it is a tiny settlement, its name is well known around the world as a popular hymn tune in 65 65 66 65 meter to the hymn To Be a Pilgrim.
When Ralph Vaughan Williams was commissioned at the start of the 20th century to edit a new hymnal as an alternative to Hymns Ancient and Modern, he set John Bunyan's hymn, in an adaptation by Percy Dearmer, to his own adaptation of the tune of an existing folk song Valiant or Welcome Sailor which he had collected from Mrs Harriet Verrall of Monk's Gate.[1] Mrs Verrall was also the source of a widely used tune for the carol "On Christmas night all Christians sing", with her version thereafter being called the Sussex Carol.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Monk's Gate) |
References
- ↑ "Our Captain Cried All Hands". 2007-05-26. http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/martin.carthy/songs/ourcaptaincriedallhands.html. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ↑ On Christmas Night: Hymns and Carols of Christmas
