Coombes

For people named Coombes, see Coombes (surname).

Coordinates: 50°51′47″N 0°18′29″W / 50.863°N 0.308°W / 50.863; -0.308

Coombes
Coombes parish church
Coombes  Coombes shown within West Sussex
Area	2.03 sq mi (5.3 km2) [1]
Population	51 (2001 Census[1])
- Density	25 /sq mi (9.7 /km2)
OS grid reference	TQ192083
- London	45 miles (72 km) N
District	Adur
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lancing
Postcode district	BN15
Dialling code	01903
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	East Worthing and Shoreham
List of places: UK • England • West Sussex

Coombes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea.

Coombes Church is an 11th century Church of England parish church that has lost its dedication. It has some of the most important medieval wall paintings in England, which were painted c. 1100. There is a single church bell that weighs about 77 pounds (35 kg) and was probably cast in Normandy. It is one of the oldest bells in Sussex, dated to c. 1150. The church is roofed with Horsham Stone slabs.

The civil parish has an area of 525.81 hectares (1,299 acres) and has a parish meeting rather than a parish council. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 51 people living in 22 households of whom 23 were economically active.^[1]

Church Farm is next to the parish church and Applesham Farm is about 0.6 miles (1 km) to the south.

See also

• Media related to Coombes at Wikimedia Commons
• Coombs (disambiguation)
• Coombe (disambiguation)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". West Sussex County Council. http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf. Retrieved 22 March 2009. 

Further reading

• Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 113. ISBN 0 14 071028 0. 
• Hudson, T.P. (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Currie, C.R.J.; Elrington, C.R.; Keeling, S.M.; Rowland, A.M. (1980). A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape (Southern Part). Victoria County History. pp. 215–219. 

External links

• Adur District Council