Storrington
Sign in to saveStorrington is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Storrington and Sullington, in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. it had a population of around 6,000. It has one main shopping street (High Street). The A283 road runs directly through the town and connects Storrington to Steyning in the east and Pulborough in the west. It is west of Washington.
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Place details
- Locality
- Horsham
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 8,618
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Storrington.JPG
- UK place.official_name
- Storrington
- UK place.civil_parish
- Storrington and Sullington
- UK place.shire_district
- Horsham
- UK place.shire_county
- West Sussex
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Arundel and South Downs
- UK place.post_town
- PULBOROUGH
- UK place.postcode_district
- RH20
- UK place.postcode_area
- RH
- UK place.dial_code
- 01903
- UK place.os_grid_reference
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Storrington and Sullington
- Image
- High Street - geograph.org.uk - 1002929.jpg
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- P7959
- Sussex
- P190
- Villerest
- P12749
- Walter Hauck
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Storrington is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Storrington and Sullington, in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. it had a population of around 6,000. It has one main shopping street (High Street). The A283 road runs directly through the town and connects Storrington to Steyning in the east and Pulborough in the west. It is west of Washington.
==History== Storrington is listed in the Domesday Book as "Estorchestone", meaning a place well known for storks. A charter to hold a regular market on Wednesdays was granted by Henry IV in 1400, together with permissions for three fairs during the year, on Mayday, Wednesday of Whit week and the Feast of Martin on 11November. Tanning and blacksmithing were also important industries and only in the 20th century did these roles fade away. Rabbit breeding was another significant industry reflected in a number of local place names including 'The Warren', 'Warren Hill', 'Sullington Warren' and 'Warren Croft'. This working/small industry background has however, left little behind architecturally. Nikolaus Pevsner, noted only the small door in Browns Lane, the church, and the Dominican convent known as the Abbey to be historically significant.