Linch

Linch
Linch
	Linch Location within West Sussex
Area	3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi)
Population	78 2001 Census
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU861275
• London	43 miles (69 km) NE
Civil parish	Linch;
District	Chichester;
Shire county	West Sussex;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIPHOOK
Postcode district	GU30
Dialling code	01428
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Chichester;
	List of places UK England West Sussex 51°02′26″N 0°46′19″W / 51.04065°N 0.77201°W

Linch is an Anglican parish,^[2] and a loose collection of hamlets that make up the civil parish of the same name in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Midhurst. It has an eighteenth-century church dedicated to St Luke.

History

Norman period

Linch (Lince) was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) in the ancient hundred of Easebourne as having 14 households: seven villagers, five smallholders and two slaves; with woodland, meadows, ploughing land and a church, it had a value to the lord of the manor, Robert, son of Theobald, of £5.^[3]

19th century

In 1861, the parish area was 1,220 acres (490 ha), described as "chiefly waste or woodland", and a population of 111.^[2]

21st century

In the 2001 census there were 29 households in the civil parish with a total population of 78 of whom 40 were economically active.^[1]

Parish church

According to Kelly's Directory of 1867, the parish church of St Luke was built around 1700. It contains an unusual stained glass window of much earlier date; the stone church is otherwise plain.^[2]

Hollycombe Steam Collection

The Hollycombe Steam Collection is in the parish.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "GENUKI: Linch". Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Open Domesday: Linch". Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ Brian Gooding (11 December 2003). "Obituary: John Baldock". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

External links

Further historical information and sources on GENUKI

[WSCC2001-1] "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2009.

[GENUKI-2] "GENUKI: Linch". Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[Domesday-3] "Open Domesday: Linch". Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[4] Brian Gooding (11 December 2003). "Obituary: John Baldock". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

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