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Till Thief
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Unusual food Store
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Jan. 2007 New Police Station for Petworth
Chithurst
Cocking
Didling
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Easebourne
East Lavington
Fernhurst
Fittleworth
Graffham
Harting
Heyshott
Iping
Lickfold
Linch
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Lurgashall
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Northchapel
Nyewood
Rogate
Selham
South Ambersham
Stedham
Tillington
Trotton
Upperton

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The PETWORTH Guide
WEST SUSSEX
Incl. Byworth & Hampers Green.
Part of the Gravelroots Rother Valley Guide

Lombard Street 
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Lombard Street - click to enlarge

A small town and civil parish in West Sussex, England. Located at the junction of the A272 east-west road from Heathfield to Winchester and the A283 running north - south. Chichester is 12 miles to the south. Included in Petworth Parish are the settlements of Byworth and Hampers Green.
 
Mentioned in the Domesday Book it is best known as the location of the stately home of Petworth House. The grounds, known as Petworth Park are thought of by many as Capability Brown's most famous work. The House and its grounds were given to the National Trust in 1947 but remains the home of Lord and Lady Egremont.
 
There was once a railway line between Pulborough, Petworth and Midhurst, but this was closed to passenger use in 1955, and finally to freight in 1966. The old station is now a hotel and B&B. see Rother Valley Railways
 
Petworth Fair, one of the last remaining street fairs in the south, which dates back to 1189, is held annually on 20th November in Market Square.
 
PETWORTH
[Peteorde] Peortas (Old English) worth ="enclosure".
Peorta's enclosure


click to enlarge   Petworth Park & House - click for photos

Market Square 1950's   Vintage Petworth Photographs - click


MORE  PHOTOS BEING ADDED
"Lost in Petworth"
Bombing of the Boys School 1942

Aerial photo of Petworth Aerial photo - click to enlarge.

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Pretty Hen night A pretty, but strange sight in the Market Square.
Jessica Przepiorka and other local girls prepare for a
Hen night in Brighton. photo: Anna Dixon - 31:05:08
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Petworth Festival 2009
Petworth Festival 2009 Natalie Clein, played at this years festival

 
Bus timetables, taxis and travel information
 
Petworth & Bignor Post Bus 1980   Petworth &
  Bignor
  Post Bus 1980

NEWSFLASH
newsflash

PETWORTH
Lat-Long 50.98 (50º59')   -0.60 (0º36')
post code: GU28
phone code: 01798
 
Parish Council
Mrs Jean Huggett
Clerk, Parish Council
42 Orchard Close, Petworth
West Sussex, GU28 0SA
Tel: 01798 343906
complete list of local parish clerks
Petworth is twinned with-
Ranville, France
San Quirico d'Orcia, Italy
Parish population
[1851] 3,439
[1861] 3,368
[1991] 2,156
(2001) 2,775
nearest railway stations
Pulborough 4.6 miles
Haslemere 8.8 miles
bus timetables, rail links & taxis
 
PHOTO GALLERIES

  INDEX
Aerial Photograph
Angel Inn
Bombing of the Boys school 1942
British Legion club
Bus timetables
Business directories
Byworth Photographs
Byworth Vintage Photographs
Camp 3
Canon David Pollard
Cottage Museum
Doctors Surgery
East Street 1902
Eating out locally
Emigration project
Fire service, Rother Valley
Folly, Petworth Park
George Garland
Hampers Green Cemetery, photos
Hampers Green photos
Hampers Green, street Party 1945
Horsham road disused cemetery
Hurst, Henry - bankruptcy 1854
Ice House in Park
John Fagg
Leconfield Hall
Library
Lombard Street from 1908 on
Maps
Map, approx 1920
Market Square, photos
Market Square 1906 onwards
Maud Thayre
Michael Stacey
Mobile Household Waste Service
Petworth Art & Antique Dealers Assoc.
Petworth area Noticeboard
Petworth Business Association
Fair Fire - 18 Nov 2005
Petworth & Bognor Angling Club
Petworth & District Rifle Club
Petworth Festival
Petworth House, National trust site
Petworth House & Park Photo Gallery
Petworth Pages - free newsletter
Petworth Prison
Petworth Washington DC USA
Photograph galleries
Police
Police Station, rebuilt Jan. 2007
Post Office
Primary School
ROC post
Roman coins find
Rother Valley Trail
Rother Valley Trail Link
Scouts, Cubs and Beavers
Ships named Petworth
sketches of Petworth 1920
St. Marys church
Surgery
Tillington Photo Galleries
Town Band
Vintage Photographs and old postcards
 
Letters from immigrants to Canada 1832
 
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VIDEOS
Petworth Town Band playing
refurbished Harris Brothers Gallops
 at Petworth Fair
Fair & Harris Brothers Gallops
20 Nov 2006 - - by John, Storrington

 
A cold and windy afternoon in
the magnificent Petworth Park
windy afternoon in the Park
06 February 2008 - by shirenewton

 
Driving through Petworth - video
19 August 2008 - - TaGaMeMNoN1983

 

 
ARTICLES
£140,000 wasted on road signs - 25 Feb.2010
Alvin Stardust to turn on lights this Christmas
Red Lion to be new restaurant - Aug.09
Action call to stop lorry nightmare - Jun.09
Not guilty of attempted murder - Jun.09
Roman coins find at Petworth - Dec. 08
Woman denies attempted murder - Dec. 08
Chapel may be converted - Nov. 08
Hampers Green house fire - July 08
Herbert Shiner Pupils to relocate - May.08
Fumes alert Herbert Shiner school - Jan. 08
Snow closes schools - Jan. 07
£7,000 burglary - Jan. 07
New Police station - Jan. 07
Death of Petworth rector - Dec. 06
New 4x4 for Fire Station - 2000
Schoolbus crashes into cottage - Feb. 99
Bid to save old wall & prisoners names
May 2008

Parish council is considering turning itself into a town council - complete with a town mayor. Dec.08
Enterprise Partnership
clears Old Cemetery
- Oct.2007
 
PHOTO GALLERIES


Petworth Fire Station
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  WSF&RS Petworth Fire Brigade

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PARISH NOTICEBOARD



- WANTED -
Midhurst Postcard of around 1970


- LOCAL LOGS -
phone Steve on 07903 665023

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OPEN MIC NIGHT
Every Tuesday night
The ROYAL OAK
West Lavington
Midhurst from 7.30pm
Music til 11pm
Bar til midnight
with Mike Fry
 

 

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REFRESH PAGE

 

Old sign for Lucking Brothers DIY
in Golden Square, long closed
odds & sods page
All Brick & Stonework
Petworth Scouts
Leconfield Hall

Lombard Street

Artworks in Midhurst
classes, workshops & activities


 

 

 

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