East Lavant

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East Lavant
Sussex
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East Lavant
Location
Grid reference: SU862084
Location: 50°52’8"N, 0°46’32"W
Data
Population: 1,656  (2011)
Post town: Chichester
Postcode: PO18
Local Government
Council: Chichester
Parliamentary
constituency:
Chichester

East Lavant is a small villlage in the very west of Sussex. To the west is the larger village of Mid Lavant, and west of that a hamlet, West Lavant.

The village is listed in the Domesday Book.[1]

In 1861, the population of the parish (with West Lavant) was 421, and the area was 2,884 acres.[2]

About the village

Kingley Vale lies on the border of the parish; it is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a national nature reserve and is noted for its yew woodlands.[3] Archaeological remains from the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman times have been identified.[4][5]

References

  1. Lavant East Lavant in the Domesday Book
  2. Information on East Lavant  from GENUKI
  3. SSSI listing and designation for Kingley Vale
  4. Down, Alec (1979). "Gazeteer of Sites and Finds". Chichester Excavations (Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd.) 4: 36–7. ISBN 0-85033-344-X. 
  5. Boyden, J. R. (1956). "Excavations at Goosehill Camp, 1953-5". Sussex Archaeological Collections 94: 70–99. doi:10.5284/1085886.