Linchmere, also often spelled Lynchmere, is a village and a
civil parish
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, the northernmost parish in the
Chichester
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district
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of
West Sussex
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, England. As well as Linchmere village, the parish contains the settlements of Hammer and Camelsdale.
Linchmere parish is bordered to the north by
Haslemere
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in
Surrey
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with a tributary of the
River Wey
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as boundary, to the east by
Fernhurst
Fernhurst is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, on the A286 Milford, Surrey, to Chichester road, south of Haslemere. The parish includes the settlements of Henley Common, Kingsley Green and Bell Vale, ...
parish, to the south by Linch civil parish with the Shulbrede stream as boundary, and to the west by the civil parish of
Bramshott
Bramshott is a village with mediaeval origins in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies 0.9 miles (1.4 km) north of Liphook.
The nearest railway station, Liphook railway station, Liphook, is south of the village.
Histor ...
in Hampshire.
In the 2001 census there were in the civil parish 836 households, with a total population of 2,225 of whom 1,127 were economically active. The population at the 2011 Census was 2,392.
[
]Richard Dimbleby
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is buried in St Peter's churchyard. According to the link, he was cremated.
History
The name Linchmere was, in ancient times, spelled ''Wlenchemere''.
The area includes the remains of an Augustinian Augustinian may refer to:
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priory founded in 1200 and at first known as Woolynchmere Priory. Its later name, Shulbrede Priory, is now attached to the priory remains (located southwards from Linchmere village centre), to an associated manor house, and to the peerage of Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, of Shulbrede in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1930 for the politician Arthur Ponsonby. Ponsonby was the third son of General Sir Henry Ponsonby and the gr ...
.
The settlement at Hammer took its name from an iron mill which was active there from before 1573 until at least 1730. There were also other iron works in the district including one partly in what is now Fernhurst parish, in Furnace Wood near Lower Lodge Farm, apparently started a little before 1620. The associated water supply is still named Furnace Pond and is just south of Linchmere village centre.
References
* Ordnance Survey Explorer (scale 1:25,000) map 133 Haslemere & Petersfield
External links
Linchmere Civil Parish Council information page
British History Online:Linchmere
The priory and manor of Lynchmere and Shulbrede
Villages in West Sussex
Chichester District
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