Wiggonholt
The RSPB Pulborough Brooks wildfowl reserve is north of the parish church, on the floodplain of the River Arun. Wiggonholt Common is an area of open woodland south of the village that adjoins Parham Park and is popular with walkers.
A Roman road, the Greensand Way, from north of Lewes passed north of the village to join Stane Street at Hardham on the west bank of the River Arun. The remains of a Roman bath house have been excavated beside the Roman road.
The small rectangular medieval parish church of unknown dedication has a bell turret and Horsham Stone roof, and has a Sussex marble font.
Notable residents
John Broadwood (song collector), curate from 1832 to 1851.
Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO (6 September 1863 – 9 June 1947)
References
- ^ "Population statistics Wiggonholt AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Wiggonholt AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture
Further reading
- Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 378–379. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
External links
Media related to Wiggonholt at Wikimedia Commons