Plaistow, West Sussex

Village and parish in West Sussex, England

Human settlement in England

Plaistow

Plaistow village centre

Plaistow

Location within West Sussex

Population| 1,898 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference| TQ004309
• London| 36 miles (58 km) NNE
Civil parish|

* Alfold

District|

* Chichester

Shire county|

* West Sussex

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| BILLINGSHURST
Postcode district| RH14
Dialling code| 01403
Police| Sussex
Fire| West Sussex
Ambulance| South East Coast
UK Parliament|

* Chichester

List of places

England
West Sussex

51°04′10″N 0°34′04″W﻿ / ﻿51.06939°N 0.56782°W﻿ / 51.06939; -0.56782

Plaistow (/ˈplæstoʊ/ PLAST-oh[2]) is a village and civil parish in the north of the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. There is a village green, a recreation ground, a children's playground, a village pond, a shop, a pub (The Sun Inn) and the Anglican Church.

There are over thirty Grade II listed buildings in the village. The Sun Inn was purchased by the Pullen family in 1807. Holy Trinity Church (a Chapel of Ease) was once a wooden structure which was destroyed by fire. The church was rebuilt in 1859.

Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School was built in 1869. A plaque on the front of the school's original Victorian building acknowledges the significant funding from John Napper, Esquire of Ifold House, who then owned much of the land in the civil parish.[3]

The Parish lies on the northern boundary of West Sussex, and is made up of four settlements: Plaistow village and the hamlets of Ifold, Durfold Wood and Shillinglee. Ifold is the largest of the settlements and has the largest population in the Parish. It has a land area of 2102 hectares (5192 acres). In the 2001 census 1856 people lived in 701 households, of whom 910 were economically active.

Plaistow village has its own football club, Plaistow FC, which formed in 1931 and was admitted to the Horsham and District League. They now play in the West Sussex Football League. The home ground is 'Foxfields'.

## Landmarks

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Chiddingfold Forest is a Site of Special Scientific Interest partly within the parish.[4] This is an important butterfly egg-laying area. There are also rare moths in this locality including: the argent and sable, common fan-foot, white-line snout, waved carpet and drab looper.[5]

Chiddingfold Forest is home to the Bechstein's bat. Three maternity colonies have been identified which have at least eighty breeding females.[6]

## Governance

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The electoral ward was Plaistow, encompassing the Parishes of Plaistow, Loxwood, Lurgashall and Northchapel but in 2019, following a district boundary review, it was split between the Fernhurst and Loxwood wards.

At the 2011 Census Plaistow Ward had a total ward population of 4,784.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
2. ^ Martha Figueroa-Clark,"BBC - Magazine Monitor: How to Say: Plaistow", BBC, October 16, 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
3. ^ https://www.plaistowandifold.org.uk/media/History/VE_DAY_Presentation Final.pdf [bare URL PDF]
4. ^ "SSSI Citation -- Chiddingfold Forest" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 7 April 2009. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
5. ^ Forestry Commission press release
6. ^ Tracking mammals partnership
7. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 16 October 2015.

## External links

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* Plaistow and Ifold Parish Website

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Settlements in Chichester District

Cities|

* Chichester

Towns|

* Midhurst
* Petworth
* Selsey

Villages and
hamlets|

* Apuldram
* Barlavington
* Bepton
* Bignor
* Birdham
* Bosham
* Bosham Hoe
* Boxgrove
* Bracklesham
* Bury
* Byworth
* Balls Cross
* Charlton
* Chidham
* Chithurst
* Coates
* Cocking
* Cocking Causeway
* Colworth
* Compton
* Crockerhill
* Coultershaw Bridge
* Didling
* Donnington
* Dumpford
* Duncton
* Earnley
* Eartham
* Easebourne
* East Ashling
* East Dean
* East Harting
* East Lavant
* East Lavington
* East Marden
* East Wittering
* Ebernoe
* Egdean
* Elsted
* Fernhurst
* Fishbourne
* Fittleworth
* Funtington
* Graffham
* Halnaker
* Heyshott
* Hunston
* Hurst
* Ifold
* Iping
* Kirdford
* Linch
* Linchmere
* Lodsworth
* Loxwood
* Lurgashall
* Merston
* Mid Lavant
* Milland
* North Marden
* North Mundham
* Northchapel
* Nutbourne
* Nyewood
* Oving
* Plaistow
* Racton
* Rogate
* Rotherbridge
* Runcton
* Selham
* Sidlesham
* Singleton
* South Ambersham
* South Harting
* South Mundham
* Southbourne
* Stedham
* Stopham
* Stoughton
* Sutton
* Tangmere
* Tillington
* Titty Hill
* Treyford
* Trotton
* Up Marden
* Upperton
* Upwaltham
* Walderton
* West Ashling
* West Burton
* West Dean
* West Harting
* West Itchenor
* West Lavington
* West Marden
* West Stoke
* West Thorney
* West Wittering
* Westbourne
* Westhampnett
* Wisborough Green
* Woodmancote
* Woolbeding

Civil parishes|

* List of civil parishes in Chichester

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