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Lyminster
Lyminster
	St Mary Magdalene parish church
	Lyminster Location within West Sussex
Area	5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population	369 (2011 Census)
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ025047
• London	50 miles (80 km) NNE
Civil parish	Lyminster and Crossbush;
District	Arun;
Shire county	West Sussex;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Littlehampton
Postcode district	BN17
Dialling code	01903
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Arundel and South Downs;
Website	Lyminster and Crossbush Parish Council
	List of places UK England West Sussex 50°49′59″N 0°32′46″W / 50.833°N 0.546°W

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Lyminster is a village that is the main settlement of Lyminster and Crossbush civil parish, in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It borders, to the south, Littlehampton, which has its town centre 2 miles (3 km) away.

Landmarks

Church

The Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalene is an 11th-century Saxon^[3] building and a Grade I listed building, the highest grading in the national system.^[4]

Bells

The church has a ring of six bells. Lester and Pack of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the treble, second and fourth bells in 1759.^[5] John Warner and Sons of Cripplegate, London cast the third and fifth bells in 1887,^[5] the year of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the tenor bell in 1950.^[5]

History

According to the Hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript the village is the burial place of Saint Cuthflæd of Lyminster.^[6]^[7]

Folklore

Just to the north of the village is a knuckerhole which, according to folklore, was home to a dragon, the Knucker.The church contains a tombstone called the Slayer's Slab, supposed to be from the tomb of the dragonslayer.^[8]

References

^ "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
^ "Area: Lyminster and Crossbush (Parish); Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 121.
^ Historic England (12 October 1954). "The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen (1027604)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rix, Geoff (6 July 2012). "Lyminster S Mary Magd". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^ Stowe MS 944 Archived 2014-01-03 at archive.today, British Library
^ The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford University Press.
^ Bane, Theresa (22 May 2016). "Knucker". Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. McFarland. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-4766-2268-2.

Sources and further reading

Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 267–268. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
Page, William, ed. (1973). A History of the County of Sussex. Victoria County History. Vol. 2. p. 121.

External links

Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture; Lyminster church

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

[ONS-2] "Area: Lyminster and Crossbush (Parish); Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[FOOTNOTENairnPevsner1965121-3] Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 121.

[4] Historic England (12 October 1954). "The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen (1027604)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[Dove-5] Rix, Geoff (6 July 2012). "Lyminster S Mary Magd". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[6] Stowe MS 944 Archived 2014-01-03 at archive.today, British Library

[7] The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford University Press.

[8] Bane, Theresa (22 May 2016). "Knucker". Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. McFarland. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-4766-2268-2.

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+| shire_county             = [[West Sussex]]
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+| website                  = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101133509/http://www.arun.gov.uk/main.cfm?type=LYMINSTERANDCROSSB Lyminster and Crossbush Parish Council]
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-'''Lyminster'''  is a village in Lyminster and [[Crossbush]] [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]], in the [[Arun]] District of [[West Sussex]], [[England]]. It is just north of [[Littlehampton]], about {{convert|2|mi|0}} north of  the town centre. The civil parish covers an area of {{Convert|1451|acre}} and the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]] recorded a parish population of 369 people.<ref name=ONS/>
+'''Lyminster'''  is a village that is the main settlement of '''Lyminster and Crossbush''' [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]], in the [[Arun District]] of [[West Sussex]], England. It borders, to the south, [[Littlehampton]], which has its town centre {{convert|2|mi|0}} away.
+==Landmarks==
-The [[Church of England parish church]] of St [[Mary Magdalene]] is an [[11th-century]] [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]]{{sfn|Nairn|Pevsner|1965|p=121}} building and [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I listed]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1027604 |title=The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen |work=National Heritage List for England |publisher=[[English Heritage]] |date=12 October 1954 |accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref> The church has a [[Change ringing|ring]] of six bells. Lester and Pack of the [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]] cast the treble, second and fourth bells in 1759.<ref name=Dove>{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Lyminster&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=LYMINSTER |title=Lyminster S Mary Magd |last=Rix |first=Geoff |work=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers |publisher=[[Central Council of Church Bell Ringers]] |date=6 July 2012 |accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref> John Warner and Sons of [[Cripplegate]], [[London]] cast the third and fifth bells in 1887,<ref name=Dove/> the year of the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria]]. Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the tenor bell in 1950.<ref name=Dove/>
+===Church===
-According to the [[Hagiography]] of the [[Secgan|Secgan Manuscript]] the village is the burial place of [[Saint]] Cuthflæd of Lyminster.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_944_f029v  Stowe MS 944], British Library</ref> <ref>The [[Oxford Dictionary of Saints]],  [[Oxford University Press]].</ref>
+The [[Church of England parish church]] of St [[Mary Magdalene]] is an 11th-century [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]]{{sfn|Nairn|Pevsner|1965|p=121}} building and a Grade I [[listed building]], the highest grading in the national system.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1027604 |desc=The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen |date=12 October 1954 |accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref>
+;Bells
+The church has a [[Change ringing|ring]] of six bells. Lester and Pack of the [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]] cast the treble, second and fourth bells in 1759.<ref name=Dove>{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Lyminster&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=LYMINSTER |title=Lyminster S Mary Magd |last=Rix |first=Geoff |work=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers |publisher=[[Central Council of Church Bell Ringers]] |date=6 July 2012 |access-date=30 October 2013}}</ref> John Warner and Sons of [[Cripplegate]], [[London]] cast the third and fifth bells in 1887,<ref name=Dove/> the year of the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria]]. Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the tenor bell in 1950.<ref name=Dove/>
+==History==
-Just to the north of the village is a [[knuckerhole]] which, according to legend, was once the home of a [[dragon]], the [[Knucker]]. The church contains a tombstone called the [[Slayer's Slab]], which is supposed to be from the tomb of the [[Dragonslayers|dragonslayer]].
+According to the [[Hagiography]] of the [[Secgan|Secgan Manuscript]] the village is the burial place of [[Saint]] Cuthflæd of Lyminster.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_944_f029v Stowe MS 944] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140103065303/http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_944_f029v |date=2014-01-03 }}, British Library</ref><ref>The [[Oxford Dictionary of Saints]], [[Oxford University Press]].</ref>
+==Folklore==
-The village was known to hold a regional royal court from Alfred the Great until Harold II.
+Just to the north of the village is a [[knuckerhole]] which, according to folklore, was home to a [[dragon]], the [[Knucker]].The church contains a tombstone called the [[Slayer's Slab]], supposed to be from the tomb of the [[Dragonslayers|dragonslayer]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Bane |first1=Theresa |title=Knucker |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore |date=22 May 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2268-2 |page=193 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PYWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA193 |language=en}}</ref>
-Lyminster has a [[public house]], The Six Bells.<ref>[http://www.thesixbellslyminster.co.uk/ The Six Bells, Lyminster]</ref>
 ==References==
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 ==Sources and further reading==
-*{{cite book |last1=Nairn |first1=Ian |author1-link=Ian Nairn |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author2-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1965 |title=Sussex |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |location=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-071028-0 |pages=267–268 |ref=harv}}
+*{{cite book |last1=Nairn |first1=Ian |author1-link=Ian Nairn |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author2-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1965 |title=Sussex |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |location=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-071028-0 |pages=267–268 }}
-*{{cite book |editor-last=Page |editor-first=William |editor-link=William Henry Page |year=1973 |title=A History of the County of Sussex |volume=2 |series=[[Victoria County History]] |location= |publisher= |isbn= |page=121 |ref=harv}}
+*{{cite book |editor-last=Page |editor-first=William |editor-link=William Henry Page |year=1973 |title=A History of the County of Sussex |volume=2 |series=[[Victoria County History]] |page=121 }}
 ==External links==
+{{Commons category|Lyminster}}
-*[http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/sx/lymin/ Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture; Lyminster church]
+*[https://archive.today/20041123091238/http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/sx/lymin/ Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture; Lyminster church]
 {{Arun}}
+{{authority control}}
-[[Category:Arun]]
+[[Category:Arun District]]
 [[Category:Villages in West Sussex]]
-{{WestSussex-geo-stub}}

v t e Settlements in the Arun district of West Sussex
Towns	Arundel Bognor Regis Littlehampton
Villages and hamlets	Aldingbourne Aldwick Ancton Angmering Atherington Barnham Bilsham Binsted Burpham Clapham Climping East Preston Eastergate Elmer Felpham Ferring Findon Flansham Fontwell Ford Houghton Kingston Gorse Lagness Lyminster Madehurst Middleton-on-Sea Nepcote North Bersted Nyetimber Offham Pagham Patching Poling Rose Green Rustington Shripney Slindon South Bersted South Stoke Toddington Tortington Walberton Warningcamp Wepham Westergate Wick Yapton
Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in the Arun district