OS grid reference TQ0833 Region South East Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county West Sussex Dialling code 01403 | Civil parish Rudgwick Country England Area 24.69 km² District Horsham District UK parliament constituency Horsham | |
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Population 2,791 (2001 census)
2,722 (2011 Census) | ||
Rudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is 6 miles (10 km) west from Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The parish's northern boundary forms part of the county boundary between Surrey and West Sussex.
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Map of Rudgwick, Horsham, UK
The parish covers 6,394 acres (2,588 ha). The 2001 Census recorded 2,791 people living in 1,013 households, of whom 1,425 were economically active.. The 2011 Census recorded a population, including Tisman's Common of 2,722.
History
Historically Ridgewick was an alternative form of the toponym. Riccherwyk may be another, seen in 1377.
The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity has a 12th-century Norman font of Sussex Marble. The belltower is early 13th century. The church was largely rebuilt in the 14th century, when the north aisle was added and probably the present chancel was built.
The parish has two 17th century farmhouses. Garlands, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the village, is early 17th century and Redhouse Farm 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village is late 17th century. Naldrett House, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village, is an 18th-century Georgian farmhouse of three bays and two storeys, built of brick with stone quoins.
Rudgwick had a Dissenters' chapel by 1848.
Rudgwick railway station on the Cranleigh Line was opened in 1865 and closed in 1965.
Education
Pennthorpe School is on in Church Street. Rudgwick Primary School is located in the community.
The Rikkyo School in England, a Japanese boarding school, is also located in Rudgwick.