Westhampnett
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Westhampnett (or West Hampnett) is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the district of Chichester in West Sussex, England, located northeast of Chichester on the former A27 road, now by-passed. The village is pre-Norman and is home to many listed buildings, including the Saxon church of St Peter, where three bishops of Chichester are buried. The parish of Westhampnett includes most of Goodwood estate, its golf courses, cricket club, motor-racing circuit and airfield.
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Place details
- Locality
- Chichester
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 361
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Westhampnett
- UK place.type
- Village
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Westhampnett
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.static_image
- Westhampnet Church.JPG
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Peter
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 8.89
- UK place.population
- 709
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU883062
- UK place.post_town
- CHICHESTER
- UK place.postcode_area
- PO
- UK place.postcode_district
- PO18
- UK place.dial_code
- 01243
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Chichester
- UK place.london_distance
- NNE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Sussex
- Population
- 709
- Area
- 8.89
- Image
- Westhampnet Church.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01243
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- Westhampnett
- OS grid reference
- SU883062
- postal code
- PO18
- historic county
- Sussex
- P8168
- Bob Geldof
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Civil parish
- Church
- School
- RAF Westhampnett
- Goodwood
- Notable places and people
- References
- External links
Westhampnett (or West Hampnett) is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the district of Chichester in West Sussex, England, located northeast of Chichester on the former A27 road, now by-passed. The village is pre-Norman and is home to many listed buildings, including the Saxon church of St Peter, where three bishops of Chichester are buried. The parish of Westhampnett includes most of Goodwood estate, its golf courses, cricket club, motor-racing circuit and airfield.
==Etymology== The name Westhampnett is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hentone. This name derives from the Old English words hēah ('high') and tūn ('estate, farmstead'), and thus meant 'high farmstead'. The name is first attested with the addition of the Old English word west and Anglo-Norman diminutive suffix -et in 1279, as Westhamptonette.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Westhampnett” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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