South Harting
| South Harting | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 South Harting | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU785195 |
| Location: | 50°58’11"N, -0°52’57"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Petersfield |
| Postcode: | GU31 |
| Dialling code: | 01730 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Chichester |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Chichester |
South Harting is a village in the west of Sussex. It is on the B2146 road, four miles south-east of Petersfield in Hampshire.
South Harting has two churches, one Anglican and one Congregational, plus a school and a pub.
There is just one pub in the village, The White Hart, a Grade II listed building.
A National Trust property, Uppark, sits high on the South Downs a mile south of the village on the B2146.
History
South Harting, along with the hamlets of West Harting and East Harting, is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as one, large manor: Harting (recorded as Hertinges).[1] Apart from three generations of the Earls Montgomery the manor was in the possession of the Crown until 1610, when it was granted to the Caryll family. In 1746 the manor was purchased by the Featherstonhaugh family, in whose possession it remains.[2]
In 1861 the parish covered 7,832 acres and had a population of 1,247.[2]
Churches
The parish church, St Mary and St Gabriel, stands at the south-western end of the village street, in an elevated position. It has a coppered spire on the tower and a peal of six bells. Major restoration work was carried out in the 1850s,[2] and In 2010 further improvements were made including the building of an attached room for the Sunday school.
In the churchyard is the tall South Harting War Memorial Cross, (1920) [3] a First World War memorial by Eric Gill with the bas relief of St Patrick attributed to Gill being by Hilary Stratton.[4]
South Harting also has a Congregational Church.
Sport
- Cricket: Harting Cricket Club
- Football: Harting F.C.
In the 1920s Harting Hill (now the B2141 road) was the venue for one of the most important motor hill climbs in the country, with Frazer Nash, Aston Martin and Raymond Mays (Bugatti) participating.[5] The event was founded by Earl Russell in 1905.
Events
Every Whit Monday Harting celebrates the Festivities. Since 1880, the Harting Old Club has had its annual meeting on Whit Monday and the village Festivities started in 1961, replacing a traditional funfair which used to take centre stage in the street. All money raised at the Festivities goes to local groups and charity.[6] In 2022, for this year only, the Festivities will be held on Friday 03 June.[7]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about South Harting) |
- South Harting Parish Council
- Information on South Harting from GENUKI
- History and old photographs of Harting
References
- ↑ South and West Harting South Harting in the Domesday Book
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Information on South Harting from GENUKI
- ↑ Collins, Judith, ‘’Eric Gill: The Sculpture’’, the Overlook Press, Woodstock N.Y., 1998 pp. 115-16
- ↑ Public Sculpture of Sussex (Public Sculpture of Britain series), Jill Seddon ,Peter Seddon, Anthony McIntosh, Liverpool University Press (30 Nov. 2014)
- ↑ Mays, Raymond: 'Split Seconds' (Foulis, 1951) page 33
- ↑ "Harting Festivities". https://hartingfestivities.com.
- ↑ "Harting Festivities". https://hartingfestivities.com.
- Rev. H.D. Gordon, The History of Harting (1877) Internet Archive (free to download)
- A History of the County of Sussex - Volume 4 pp 10-21: Harting (Victoria County History)