Rogate is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
Chichester district
Chichester is a local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in the city of Chichester and the district also covers a large rural area to the north.
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Go ...
of
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...
, England, in the Western Rother valley. The village is on the
A272 road west of
Midhurst
Midhurst () is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother inland from the English Channel, and north of the county town of Chichester.
The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeh ...
and east of
Petersfield
Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth a ...
, Hampshire. The civil parish includes the villages of Rogate and Rake and the
hamlets
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...
of Haben, Fyning, Hill Brow, Langley, Durford, Wenham, Durleighmarsh and Terwick Common.
History
Rogate is not mentioned by name in the Domesday Survey, but was assumed to be part of
Harting
Harting is a civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is situated on the northern flank of the South Downs, around southeast of Petersfield in Hampshire. It comprises the village of South Harting and the hamlets of ...
Manor. It was in the
Hundred
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In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...
of
Dumpford, and Chichester rape, diocese and archdeaconery. It was in the Midhurst union, county court district and rural deanery. During the reign of
Edward III (1327-1377) it was held by Ralph de Camois who was granted a charter for a fair.
Until the passing of the
Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844
The Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 61), which came into effect on 20 October 1844, was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which eliminated many outliers or exclaves of counties in England and Wales for civil purposes. ...
part of the parish of Rogate was an
exclave of the county of Sussex within
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
. This was a large farm called Bohunt, just south-west of Liphook. Also, a small exclave of Hampshire and the parish of
Bramshott called Crouch House Farm was in the north-east corner of Rogate parish and was transferred to it.
In 1861 the population of Rogate parish was 990, and the area was . An annual fair was held on 27 September.
In the 2001
census
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the civil parish covered and had 623 households with a total population of 1,513. 716 residents were economically active.
Governance
An
electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward includes
Milland
Milland is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is situated north of the A272 road on the border with Hampshire.
In the 2001 census the parish covered and had 332 households with a total population ...
and at the 2011 census had a total population of 2,447.
Amenities
Worship
The parish has
Church of England
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churches in both Rogate and Rake villages. Rogate's church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and parish registers date from 1558.
The ancient parish of Terwick is included in Rogate and the northern part of the parish is in the ecclesiastical parish of Milland.
Education
There are primary schools in both Rogate and Rake. In 2008 Rogate School was the subject of a successful campaign to overturn a council recommendation to close the school. In February 2011 the school was judged 'Outstanding' by Ofsted. In 2015 however the school was deemed inadequate and recommended for special measures.
Community centres
Both Rogate and Rake have village halls.
Pubs
The only pub in Rogate village is the ''White Horse'', following the closure of the ''Wyndham Arms''. ''The Jolly Drover'' at Hill Brow and ''The Flying Bull'' at Rake on the old London to Portsmouth road lie just within the parish and county boundary, which runs through the middle of ''The Flying Bull'' pub. In 2011 the ''Sun Inn'' closed and in 2012 planning permission was granted for conversion to two houses for residential use. Rake had another pub, now closed: ''The Red Lion'', opposite ''The Flying Bull'' on the London Road, which was the scene of a murder in 1748.
Farm
Durleighmarsh farm and farm shop are noted for asparagus, strawberries, runner beans and squash.
References
External links
Historical information on GENUKI
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Villages in West Sussex
Chichester District