Wiggonholt is a village in the
Horsham
Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...
District of
West Sussex, England. It is southeast of
Pulborough
Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north–south ...
on the
A283 road
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. The village consists of a farm, a few houses and a small
Church of England parish church
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.
The
RSPB Pulborough Brooks
Pulborough Brooks is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Pulborough in West Sussex. It is part of the Pulborough Brooks nature reserve, which is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. It is also part of t ...
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
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, the
Greensand Way
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, from north of
Lewes
Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of ...
passed north of the village to join
Stane Street at
Hardham
Hardham is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is on the A29 road southwest of Pulborough. It is in the civil parish of Coldwaltham.
Archaeology
The village is on the line of Stane Street Roman road, which cha ...
on the west bank of the River Arun. The remains of a
Roman bath house
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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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
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In mod ...
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Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture
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Notable residents
John Broadwood (song collector)
Rev. John Broadwood (13 May 1798 – 26 January 1864) was the first English folk song collector.
Life and legacy
He was born in 1798 in Marylebone, London, the son of James Shudi Broadwood and the grandson of John Broadwood, both piano makers ...
, curate from 1832 to 1851.
Admiral
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Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO (6 September 1863 – 9 June 1947)
References
Further reading
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External links
Horsham District
Villages in West Sussex
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