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Cricketers Pub, Duncton 
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Duncton village and parish is to the south of Petworth at the foot of the South Downs and is on the A285 Chichester road which hairpins out of the village to the summit of the Downs. The parking area near the top of Duncton Hill has panoramic views across the Rother Valley.
 
Duncton has two churches, Anglican and Roman catholic. The Cricketers pub sits in a lay-by off the A285 in the centre of the village. It is named in honour of Jem Broadbridge and Jemmy Dean. Both played cricket for Sussex in the 19th century and were past residents of Duncton. Dean was at one time the landlord of this pub.
There is a school, a modern village hall and a couple of croquet pitches.
 
Duncton Mill at the foot of the Downs escarpment was powered by a large spring flowing from the chalk. This regular supply of water at a constant temperature throughout the year has proved ideal for its modern use as a trout hatchery.
 
The 2001 census showed 356 people living in 156 households.

 
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DUNCTON - Donechitone
Dunnaca's - Old English - - ton - tun - settlement.
Dunnaca's settlement
 
1851 population was 272
1861 population was 258
2001 population was 356 - 156 households
 
Village Hall
off A285 Duncton.
contact: Martin Langford
01798 344452
martin_langford1@hotmail.com
hall


Duncton Churches
 
Holy Trinity
contact:
The Rectory, Tillington
01798 345210
Duncton
This church is linked with All Hallows, Tillington and
St Mary the Virgin, Up Waltham
Said to have one of the oldest bells, dated 1369
 

St. Anthony & St. George
Catholic Church
opened August 1869
 
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Duncton
contact:
The Parish Priest is Fr Peter Newsam
The Presbytery, Angel Street, Petworth
01798 342169
e-mail: pp.petworth@fsmail.net
HMS Duncton
HMS Duncton
Read how she sailed back from the dead.

1890 Duncton
Duncton School 1890 - click

Duncton Hill
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William Hopkins Bankruptcy 1884 - Farmer & Lime Merchant
London Gazette, 12 Sept.1884
Lime Works, Duncton - Barnetts Farm, East Lavington
 
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post code: GU28
phone code: 01798
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OS grid reference SU960172
 
Clerk of Duncton Parish Council
Mrs Kate Bain
Heath Cottage, 29 Shepherds Hill
Haslemere GU27 2NB
Email:postmaster@duncton-wsx-pc.gov.uk
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Cricketers Pub
Chalk Quarry
Dean, David - bankruptcy 1854
Dunctons famous cricketers
Duncton Hill views
East Lavington
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Greenfield family
HMS Duncton
Hughes, Thomas - bankruptcy 1877
Jem Broadbridge & Jemmy Dean
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1851 Post office directory, Duncton
1867 Post office directory extract
 
Duncton School evacuated - Nov.2009
Fatal motorcycle crash, Duncton - Aug.2009
Fun at Duncton despite downpour - Nov.08
New Priest for Duncton - Aug.08
Duncton Hill, bus crash - Mar.07
 

school
 
Duncton CofE Junior School
Willett close, Duncton
01798 342402
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Duncton


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In 1835 James Greenfield and his wife Prudence Powell from Duncton,
emigrated to Canada - - click for more

 

 
Dunctons Famous Cricketers
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Duncton Chalk Quarry
Example of use of Duncton stone
Duncton Chalk Quarry
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Duncton Hill Lime Kiln

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