Rusper

Rusper

Ghyll Manor Hotel, Rusper
Rusper
Rusper shown within West Sussex
Area 25.89 km2 (10.00 sq mi) [1]
Population 1,389 [1] 2001 Census
• Density 54/km2 (140/sq mi)
OS grid reference TQ205372
• London 27 miles (43 km) NNE
Civil parish
  • Rusper
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HORSHAM
Postcode district RH12
Dialling code 01293
Police Sussex
Fire West Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament

Rusper is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies 4.1 miles (6.6 km) north of the town of Horsham and 4.2 miles (6.8 km) west of Crawley. Rusper is the centre of Rusper Parish which covers most of the northern area between Horsham and Crawley. Rusper is governed by the Horsham District Council based in Horsham. The parish population at the 2001 census was 1,389 people.[1]

It has a range of local services (mainly located on the High Street) such as a village shop & post office, a residential care home, a park, a church, a recreational sports area consisting of a Football pitch and two Tennis courts (one with basketball hoops), a hotel, two pubs The Plough and The Star, a village hall, and Rusper Primary School, built in 1872.

Rusper is very close to London Gatwick Airport, which is only five miles away. It is on the watershed between the River Arun to the west and the River Mole to the east, with predominantly weald clay soils.

A Benedictine priory was established in the parish c.1200.

Rusper is the eponymous village in 'Five Years Hell in a Country Parish' by Reverend Edward Fitzgerald Synnott, ex Rector of the place, published in 1920. Plagued by endless gossip-mongering, anonymous and begging letters and outrage from the wealthier of his flock at his assertion that all men are equal in the sight of God, he was finally subject to a serious spiteful campaign and eventually sent for trial for misconduct. He was found not guilty, yet stayed there another thirteen years.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.