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Stedham
The Stedham & Iping Guide
WEST SUSSEX
A virtual guide for visitor and residents.

The two villages of Stedham and Iping are combined into a single parish approximately 2 miles west of Midhurst in West Sussex to the north of the A272.
There are two churches in the parish: St James in Stedham and St Mary in Iping.
Stedham watermill (now disused) was used for the production of blotting paper, there was also a paper mill at Iping.
The last shop in the villages closed in August 1991, but Stedham still retains its primary school and a popular pub with a Thai restaurant which is the focus of a Thai Festival each year. Stedham also has a social club, village hall and a flourishing garden centre off School lane.
 
HG Wells story, 'The Invisible Man', begins with the bandaged invisible man coming to Iping looking for accomodation.

Stedham West Sussex - Iping West Sussex
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STEDHAM - West Sussex, United Kingdom
Lat-Long:
50.99 [50° 59'] | -0.77 [0° 46']
 
IPING - West Sussex, United Kingdom
Lat-Long:
50.99 [50° 59'] | -0.78 [0° 47']
 
postcode area GU29
phone code postcode area 01730
 
population in 1831 was 494 - Stedham
population in 1831 was 338 - Iping
population in 1841 was 557 - Stedham
population in 1841 was 409 - Iping
population in 1861 was 530 - Stedham
population in 1931 was 592 - Stedham & Iping
population in 2001 was 814 - Stedham & Iping
346 households
parish area 2,671 acres


Stedham - Stedeham
[Anglo Saxon] hamm = water meadow [or homestead]
[Anglo Saxon] steda [steed] = stallion
The water meadow where stallions are kept.
see also Steddanham
 
Iping - Epinges - Ipinges
The Saxon name means settlement of the family or followers of a man called Ipa.


West Sussex County Council
A - Z index - 01243 777100
Chichester District Council
A-Z services - 01243 785166
 
Stedham With Iping Parish Council
Mrs Jane Crawford
Clerk of Stedham With Iping Parish Council
Mount Cross, Quags Corner,
Minsted, Midhurst GU29 0JH
EMail & phone details
complete list of West Sussex parish clerks
 



Stedham & Iping Photo galleries

Take a look around
Stedham & Iping
The villages largest online collection of Photographs
both modern and vintage
Something missing? Something special or where you live not
included? If you have photos you feel could be added to this
collection, of any age, or topic,please send them for inclusion

 


Stedham County First School
School Lane, Stedham
website
01730 813522
Stedham School gets top marks
 

Stedham & Iping are shown on the 2 maps below - click

click for 1610 map
Sussex 1610 - Speed


click for 1695 map
Sussex 1695 - Morden
more older maps - - modern map
 

The Stedham Hall
GWR 6961  Stedham Hall. Built March 1944. Withdrawn September 1965. Scrapped at Cashmores, Newport
The steam locomotive - Stedham Hall

 

 
Parish Magazine - Stedham with Iping News
Editor: Derek Howard, Barnfield Cottage,
Sandy Lane, Stedham - 01730 813976


NEWSFLASH
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INDEX
Aerial Photos Stedham & Iping
Bowls Club
Bridge photo gallery
Business Directories
Churches
Commons, Iping and Stedham
Fire Service
Hamilton Arms
HMS Stedham
Holbrook, Ronald
Iping Bridge Iping Bridge photos
Map, active
Michael Stacey
Mill Lane Mill Lane photos
Mobile library - times dates
Mobile Police Station
Mudita Trust a Stedham based charity
Noticeboard
Photographs Stedham and Iping
Police
Primary School
Robert Hanna - HMS Hood
Roman Posting Station, Iping
School Lane School Lane photo
Stacey, family
Stedham Bridge photos info
Stedham Bridge 1935
Stedham Hall
stedham Hall, builders, photo 1910
Stedham photos
St. Cuthmans school
St. James - photo gallery
St. Marys, Iping compare 1906 & 2006
Street, 2007 & 1906
Vintage photos of Stedham & Iping
War Memorial
 
Census returns for Stedham 1841
post office directory 1851 Stedham Iping
post office directory 1867 Stedham
post office directory 1867 Iping
Stedham History, published 1953
 
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Archived articles -
Memorial to organist Eileen - Nov.2009
Plan to study Bronze Age barrow - Nov.2009
Stedham Bells Appeal - Aug.2009
Squatting in her own £2m home - Feb.2009
Wild boar spotted in Stedham - Feb 2007
Primary School gets top marks - Jul 2006
Stedham lady saved from Rother - Feb 2006
Hit and run death appeal - Mar 2003
Biker dies in hit-and-run - Mar 2002
 
22 September 2007
Parish Council objection to DEFRA
Western Weald reference to Stedham & Iping


War Memorial
There is a wooden tablet on the North wall
of St. James's Church as a memorial to the
seven local men who gave their lives.
click...Roll of honour
What has a submarine in the Australian outback, 400 kms from the sea, got to do with Stedham?
Ronald Holbrook VC
click for info Ronald Holbrook VC
Died in 1976 at Stedham Mill.
His exploits were so famous they even named a town after him.

Stedham Memorial Hall
The Street, Stedham GU29 0NQ
booking tel 01730 812488
Stedham Collins & Sports Club
The Street, Stedham, Midhurst, GU29 0NQ
01730 813458

Hamilton Arms
Nava Thai Restaurant

School Lane, Stedham
01730 812555
B&B
The Quag - Minsted
01730 813623
 
Meadowhills Guest House, Stedham
01730 812609
 
more B&B

Rotherhill Nurseries & Garden centre
School Lane, Stedham
01730 813687
mon - sat 9 - 5 - - sun 10:30 - 4:30
Stedham AC Angling Club
River Rother - Coarse fishing
Contact: Mr. G. Oram 01730 817016
Day tickets from Logo Tackle, Midhurst.
The Equine Vet Clinic
Jane Stuart 01730 810742
Stedham Polo Centre Ltd.
Great House Farm
The Street, Stedham 01730 815047

photo - Nigel Marchant - click

Iping and Stedham Commons
Minstead Lane, just off A272
The commons are a local nature reserve and provide a habitat to a wide range of flora and fauna. They are areas of lowland heath, now thought to be a rarer habitat than tropical rainforest, and many of the animals and plants on the commons are dependant upon the continued existence of this rare habitat. The reserve is within the AONB of the South Downs and is part of the Iping Common Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Sussex Wildlife Trust - Iping and Stedham Commons
Iping and Stedham Commons by Nigel Marchant


Stedham School gets top marks
July 2006
Stedham Primary School has received top marks for quality in raising standards in the basic skills its pupils learn. The government-funded Basic Skills Agency award was presented by Mr. Robert Back, West Sussex director of children's services. He visited the school to present the award, which was achieved only after the school had fulfilled 10 requirements. These included...'a whole-school strategy, including an action plan, to improve performance in basic skills, assessment of pupils' performance, a regular review of the progress made by each pupil who was under-attaining in basic skills, and a commitment to improving the skills of staff in the school to teach and extend basic skills'.
source - WSCC
 



In 1757 the Rev, John Denham had spent the afternoon with the Rector of Stedham, as he was returning home through the fields to Iping he was attacked, stabbed in the neck and had his skull fractured.
The following day a man named Aps from Easebourne was charged with his murder. He was later tried at Horsham and hanged.
source:- gfk@0207
 

STEDHAM & IPING NOTICEBOARD


 
- WANTED -
Midhurst Postcard of around 1970


 

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Every Tuesday night
OPEN MIC NIGHT
The ROYAL OAK
Midhurst from 8.30pm
 

Anyone may place any notice here - state dates to run from & to
size irrelevant, this area can extend down - Non commercial entries are free - simply e-mail your notice to us here

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Bridge photo gallery


 


Artworks in Midhurst
classes, workshops & activities
Psychotherapist, based in Stedham
 

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