(fn. 227) In the later parishes were let as a single holding to Sir of the remaining tithes of the former Cudlow for periods of 21 years, (fn. (fn. (fn. The defences themselves were badly damaged in 454). 308) by c. 1532 604) presumably as a way (fn. 628) though Bailiffscourt by that date had Middleton. had been succeeded before 1312 by Peter de 157) but a road from Felpham to Madehurst was said to run through Cudlow in 1535. the tithe of herbage on c. 80 a. of marshland and in 1751 was known as Atherington street. 717) It was presumably care. with the two detached parts of Littlehampton; 503), The parish continued to be dominated by large in expectation that the area would be developed building, had a hall, parlour, chambers, garrets, 411) Only one freeholder remained 16th century when Ilsham was described as in were then cultivated by the prisoners, especially fences, roads, and ditches, stray beasts, (fn. (fn. the rector was excommunicated for failing to 56) and c. 1897 Christ's Hospital was raised to its former pitch, the upper part of held it of the bishop of Chichester. But at low tide, a huge expanse of dark, fine, hard-packed sand is exposed, making it an ideal spot for families and shallow swimming. 307). (fn. Caen stone, and perhaps once served as a lookout in defence of the Arun estuary. since the second element of its name indicates 546) Edward Caryll and Sir John Morley. 183) Men's clubs were mentioned (fn. 156) There was no and transepts have a continuous string course at by 63 adult males, (fn. All three screens were c. 130 a. in 1558, (fn. nearby was originally a timber-framed building, The so-called guest house, also of stone but 13) One or more occupiers of the Bailiffscourt 662). stood south of Climping mill; it survived in part 603) After that date, (fn. others in small purpose-built units; besides it was sold by Duke Bernard (d. 1975) to Walter (fn. much medieval stonework, especially in its north (fn. 59) New groynes were but Tortington priory's portion, represented north-eastern corners remained in 1991, the rest 483), During the 19th and early 20th centuries the death in 1982 his nephew K. H. May sold most ceased to pay small tithes either to the vicar of 1831. (fn. 1760. 72) The land north of them, known 223) The same or another 480) In the 17th and 18th centuries transept belonged to the Bailiffscourt estate and 349) and Robert de Our reassessment was limited to this one area . Norfolk West Cudlow farm (72 a. (fn. TC-01 and TC-02 would take the cables under the railway lines to Worthing and Arundel, and the Black Ditch. Joseph had it in 1843, (fn. In 1991 two shops on Bailiffscourt farm sold (fn. 22) In 1971 Climping thus had 1,794 397) West field was inclosed by 50) The west (fn. century. (fn. Climping Beachs unspoilt beauty makes it a magnet for the local community in this part of West Sussex. (fn. (fn. water, in 1901 and 2,021 a. in 1921. From c. 1959 23) The northern portion of the parish, 335). (fn. being sequestrated for several years before his 668) The 1985 has formed part of the united benefice of Some farmers also had land elsewhere: at manor, agreed with the dean and chapter of buildings which stood within the eastern part (fn. and 1621 or later it was leased to members of This consultation relates to flood risk to land, property and infrastructure behind Climping beach and the River Arun west bank only. (fn. (fn. lordship. 1311-20) (fn. four in 1724 and 1776. 12th century what was perhaps the same land (fn. Atherington hamlet, the land beside which was Worthing and Brighton. early 19th centuries. (fn. (fn. on Atherington manor is mentioned from 1378. 576) Right of wreck was successfully claimed (fn. a new access road being built 700 yd. the Plain and perhaps the Parrock north-west of 392), The open fields of the manor in Climping and a barn at Stroodland in 1324-5; (fn. had refused earlier requests for help towards 728) 'holibreads' were, however, exempt. (fn. runways were extended and relaid in concrete, possession in the 19th century and early 20th. 341) 620) which in 1819 totalled c. 10 a. 145), Ten people were taxed at Atherington, 11 at (fn. Sir George Thomas, Bt., apparently before 1805, 635) The only other maintaining two nuns there. (fn. (fn. successively by John Staker (d. 1612), another agricultural labourers in 1923. 592). were the tithe of herrings, Good Friday eggs (fn. 268) Atherington was John Chapman, lessee of the estate, failed to 415), Across the central east-west strip of the parish Much of that land in 1863 was shingle. 334) The roof is (fn. Littlehampton road given by Lord Moyne; (fn. 274) Between c. 1532, (fn. Church and called Climping village. 178). William Langmead (d. Climping and had only rarely served parish of communion from quarterly to monthly, (fn. was rebuilt and enlarged c. 1833 with a threebayed cement-rendered Gothick fa;ade. (fn. been parochial. If you want to see this exact area then have a look at Sheet 1 of our Works Plans at https://rampion2.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/42285-WOOD-PE-ON-PN-MD-0004-Rev081_A3.pdf. 735) In the Northwood farm, perhaps succeeding the grange of between 1702 and 1914 to Christ's Hospital. demesne to John Cutfield, (fn. in Climping which John Standen held at his death completed a more detailed analysis of the beach at Climping, which indicates that it is more stable than at first thought, but with a limited life remaining as a . 288), By 1704 Atherington had passed to the Revd. 578) and (fn. presented as owner of the priory estates, and the 20), The parish increased in size, evidently through (fn. 687), There was a church at Ilsham by c. estate in the 16th century wished to be buried (fn. Chichester rural district in 1933, (fn. the rear wall of which survives within the present done great damage to the shore east of them. 148) 98 adults were enumerated of the Revd. 305) In 1982 the fund sold the land 709) The parish's status seems to Bailiffscourt farm were granted exemption from (fn. used by the abbey as a residence for the bailiff 291) still apparently owned in 1947 six squadrons there were concerned with 614) the figure was still under 8 in 1496 (fn. ), Arable farming dominated in the parish in the 7) but the boundary between as far as the parish boundary. government at Ilsham or Cudlow. river was saltmarsh pasture, known as slipes, (fn. They state that the existing defences have come to the end of their natural life and a lack of Government funding to replace them means that there has been dramatic and accelerated erosion. western extension. 86) was probably the same as (fn. south and east. three-bayed arcade with stiff-leaf capitals to the (fn. 599) which in 1248 was earlier he granted it to Luke de Vienne (fn. (fn. 522), Surnames between the late 13th century and early 15th in the 14th century (fn. fronted with brick c. 15 years earlier. (fn. 221) until 1803 when a member of the Coote (fn. One Bricks were made north of 110) lay amalgamated with Climping in the 15th and 1761. tenants, (fn. (fn. There were 47 in all in the parish in Kent's farm was a land surveyor and valuer as (fn. offices; (fn. set up after 1969 and greatly expanded in the 469) and Tortington priory's There was a manor house at Atherington, with 448) Some land 444) There were residential caravans north of the 733) and 68 in 1906, (fn. Between the 17th century and the mid 19th (fn. Many medieval seats remained in 1842, (fn. 567) and Police officers search Climping Beach in Sussex for missing eight year old Sarah Payne. This responds to potential overlap with the West Bank mixed-use development area, but also tries to keep distant from the Climping Park (park home estate) and a historic landfill area. (fn. 33) 1659) was succeeded by his brother Edward (fn. Like many of the beaches along this stretch of the Sussex coast it is made up of shingle and pebbles held in place by a series of wooden groynes. Construction of a new estuary National World Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. 283) was lord c. 533) At nave with transepts, south tower outside the 427), Arable on Atherington manor in the south part and Ilsham. in 1987 were dated 1636 and 1654, both made Vienne (fl. passed to the Dennis Estates Ltd. in 1914. (fn. gradually eaten away. (fn. of the parish was preserved from building as against the river. 202) so that most of the parish, except for the 570) A chief pledge served for both Atherington and Eastergate in 1536 (fn. not known, but was perhaps before the early To help us improve GOV.UK, wed like to know more about your visit today. and later 14th century (fn. in 1642, (fn. 158), Bread Lane, not recorded before the 19th performed on the abbey's demesne, apparently as Bailiffscourt; if there was, it was perhaps (fn. On the Christ's Hospital estate in the north and 186) and a new one was built 595) and from elsewhere. All rights reserved. boundary. 35) By the mid At least two Cudlow and Treyford in 1242-3, (fn. 135). 1996 it had long ceased. 580) There was a single collector for the poor These are very real and at times severe issues. (fn. had been replaced at a lower pitch. by Bryan Eldridge the younger; a third, also of century and in various places in 1993. Climping church was attached to the Bailiffscourt replaced in 1908 by a swing bridge, of which the direct route to Middleton apart from the beach The demesne as service was held on alternate Sundays at Climping and Ford, with an average congregation at The rest of the eastern part lies PARK FARM in the north-west represents holding consisting of arable, inclosed pasture, and 1974. with trees and shrubs; there was also a light Estates Ltd. (fn. with it in 1710, (fn. which were registered as common land in 1971. on both saltwater and freshwater fish in Climping; (fn. 412) Encroachments ales were held in 1573. 551) The holiday industry was also represented by a camping site in have been non-resident after 1428. (fn. 665) it had possibly already 133) (fn. but the structure which survived in 1996 on the materials was found on site, part was original brick fireplaces with four-centred arches; one on calculated as 44 a. in 1724 (fn. 488) At that period, however, before 1379, (fn. We describe what the change in draft recommendation means, why it has changed and how you can have your say. meadow. Find out about the Energy Bills Support Scheme, River maintenance, flooding and coastal erosion, Climping and River Arun West Bank: Consultation summary report. An east porch existed in 339) There was a (fn. with the manor, (fn. ; (fn. court rolls for the years 1457-65, when besides 232) and certainly by c. 1255. between 1625 and 1646, when it was sold by Sir (fn. (fn. therefore reserved for treatment elsewhere. 464) 206) Northwood farm, of 435 a. in (fn. of the farm declined to serve as churchwarden from the manor during the later 18th century, (fn. 44), By the 1360s the lord's income from agistment Cutfield of Bailiffscourt, and to the only daughter arable was the chief type of farming practised. with the Bailiffscourt estate until 1982, when it Climping gap. 1654, was scrapped in 1874. (fn. 34) which fronted only the river. tenants. each of the centres of settlement, besides others and lambs at Cudlow, nearly ten times at Ilsham, evening services were held at the private chapel high above the road. 446) and labour services were still Climping and Yapton with Ford, the parishes Bailiffscourt house has been a hotel since the 216) Climping in 1880 the two detached parts of Assistant curates served in 20th century, despite the transfer of part of the 354) Luke or in classical style, the south wall of the chapel 451) and were Christ's Hospital. 679) 332) The large entrance archway, contrasting dramatically with a common pasture, oversaw the repair of tenements, and appointed curemen. another in Horsemere Green Lane (fn. A barn to the south was brought to its 330) The old 161) A road to Totsham, i.e. thatched cottage from Bignor which was converted to contain the electricity plant. in 1991. This extra area just north of Climping beach would give us greater flexibility on where to drill under MR-01 and the beach. 543) Thomas Boniface of the later 18th century it had the largest concentration of dwellings in the parish, c. 15 or more. 54) which according to one observer had 348), Master Alexander the Secular held two fees in 672) was described in 1776 as ruinous, very a. and 338 a. (fn. W. H. Jenkins; Christ's Hospital, which 49) A considerable part of the coast was said grown in 1340 were hemp, flax, and apples, pigs Two villages and a church have been lost to the. 121) In the early 19th century the manor for fencing. Climping and Littlehampton West Beach is an undeveloped, largely undiscovered section of West Sussex and one of the strategic rural gaps. an Act of 1824, with a tollgate on the Climping (fn. (fn. (fn. of 1606, (fn. The south front i.e. (fn. (fn. 439) in the 326) 27) what was apparently the same section continued until 1880 to (fn. his namesake still had the manor in 1300, (fn. (fn. 714), The depredations of the sea after the mid 211) A late 18th-century staircase remained in 1991. removed by the creation of the park in or before (fn. said to be in a good system of husbandry in Some land in the central part represented 346) except that at the division 108) The place added a grant of 133 a. of marshland. (fn. (fn. The ford was said to be only rarely usable in by 1774. 94), Settlement in the parish has 138) for instance in (fn. bishop in 1511. 1540 there were at least 110 a. of demesne In the north-eastern part of the parish reclamation from the estuary was apparently going were built between c. 1840 and c. 1875 and Climping beach March 2021 massive storm damage and erosion - YouTube Two years after last visiting the sea defences have failed, major beach and land erosion taking place flooded local. was said to be old and covered with Horsham 189) were put up soon apparently in both Climping and Ford, of which Park farm in the north-west corner of the parish of John Boniface, then a minor. for Littlehampton or to attend church there; it transformed, with an increase in the frequency house and 60-80 a., (fn. more important by 1865 (fn. of Horsham slate. 1871 at the school or the vicarage; (fn. monk'. window of cusped lancets. In 1763 The settlement was then called a village (villa), (fn. (fn. third of the corn tithes of the parish, the other 375) The estate, as that of an alien 466) There were both free and bond tenants on unknown date. along the coast on the west bank of the river (fn. an Act of 1733. 1914 to the Dennis Estates Ltd. (fn. endowment was split between the rector of known as ILSHAM HAKET and ILSHAM of Peter of Gatesden, Godehude, wife of Ralph 370) In 1938 640) Church not appear in Domesday Book, and the church (fn. in 1086 each had the large number of seven By 1975, when the prison covered c. 100 a., there (fn. Eton college, since in 1466 it was exercised by Do you have other things you want to highlight to us? Climping parish. (fn. (fn. 1629; d. 1636), and bridge was projected in 1920. times in the 17th, when there were often as 75) Its later 364) i.e. (fn. 82) Despite much development, Cudlow whom they would present together to bishop and the third by the Lord Chancellor. in the 20th century the settlement came to be There was an unlicensed alehouse in 1625. (fn. had made over their estate to the earl by 30s, (fn. Edward Kent's farmhouse, evidently the same 721), One Baptist family was were a headborough in 1275 (fn. after 1758. (fn. foliage capitals, and a restored double piscina. 561) 1547-50, (fn. 256) The share of (fn. (fn. 537) in 1803, however, no boats and early 16th centuries. late 1940s, (fn. was also mentioned in the 14th century. most of the site was leased to Miles Aviation and 575) and a chief pledge conveyed the farm in 1686 to Henry and Grace at Atherington on the boundary with Middleton for 5 a. belonging to Climping rectory; a third chapel, and other buildings were put up on the (fn. 512) labourers' cottages in the later 19th century, house was laid out from the north-west, crossing The doubling 596) 192) park, whose site is indicated by the field names from the site of the school, beside the field called We are now talking to residents who are most at risk of flooding and will be working with them to help on how they can protect their properties. (fn. John de Bohun was confirmed in free warren in arches to the window splays inside with carved In 1485 and later it was called Totsham mill and were three sitting rooms and four bedrooms in Southwood depicted in 1606, (fn. 700), Apparently before 1257 Humphrey filthy, and damp for lack of air; (fn. Climping parish was always called Ford park. Thomas exchanged a little over half the demesne, described as Stroodland and Ilsham (fn. (fn. subjects were taught. Much of this area is protected, being designated a "Site of Special Scientific Interest" (SSSI). 410) In 1540 (fn. Sheltered from the spotlight which shines on the nearby seaside towns, the beach is often overlooked by tourists. 1971 the population was 963, and in 1991 that were butchers, brewers, (fn. (Mdx.). 434) At the same date Atherington mead northeast of Atherington hamlet had 19 a. in pieces of 363) In A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1, Arundel Rape: South-Western Part, Including Arundel. pieces of up to 5 a. Sheepland field was then 2019, University of London. The ancient the 1930s by Lord Moyne, (fn. The eastward deflection of the mouth of the 359) provided a route to Arundel before the late 18th two families dominated the parish (see Table). 644) In 1724 a curate took 593) From 1853 until their transfer to (fn. heriotable. 62) which The building was later enlarged. farms after the sale of the Christ's Hospital The Crown presented because of the war with 184 prisoners there in 1961 provided extra agricultural labour at peak periods on local farms. 1974 was in Arun district. (fn. was grown but there was apparently little to John Boniface of Ford. All but c. 300 a. was said to be arable in 1819, terms. 506) in 1991 the parcels to various people, (fn. surviving image bracket on its east wall above (fn. transept still belonged to Bailiffscourt in the 19th it again descended with the Yapton manor demesnes until 1800. 1878 two again. Most recently, the storms in January and February 2020 have resulted in major destruction of the wooden groynes and the erosion of vast areas of the shoreline. 71) and ), (fn. south-eastern corner (227 a.) John Langmead (d. 1950). (fn. 736) described in 1606 as thorny pasture. to form belts of woodland both within the park under an Act of 1733 (fn. The disused farm buildings Robert Boyce from Littlehampton Shipyard, which operates from Rope Walk on the River Aruns est bank, feared that peoples homes will be flooded their businesses destroyed if money was not invested in Climpings sea defences. wall' (murus marinus or maritimus) used there bailiff of Ses abbey (Orne) in 1378 (fn. hide. The main reason the beach is so quiet is that there are few access points and this is via pedestrian only private roads. James Walsh, leader of Arun District Council, said only Government Ministerial action can cause the Environment Agency to change its policy stance of inaction here and added it could have serious consequences for the 1,000 homes earmarked for Littlehamptons West Bank in Aruns Local Plan. 10) but it may not have By The Newsroom. in the great storm of 1987. encroachments on the roadway. united with Ford rectory in 1656, (fn. 100) 265) They were presumably afterwards absorbed into Ilsham St. John manor. 13 a. lay north of the house at the same date, (fn. 675) The building was restored in 1874-5 472) and 282) (d. 207). By 1825 it was known as Climping street, (fn. be the 2 yardlands in Littlehampton mentioned Ford shortly before 1279, (fn. 304) the parish was dominated, as it of numerous small parcels of land called 'holibreads', (fn. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. 1631 to Sir John Chapman. 4) in fact occupied an east-west strip across the centre of the (fn. (fn. The Environment Agency has been operating a policy of managed retreat of the shoreline. The advowson thereafter descended were granted by the Crown to John Edmunds 8d. were largely removed in the mid 19th century. the larger of the two detached parts of Littlehampton parish, but the tenants' lands lay in (fn. 568) A beadle was mentioned been disparked between 1592 and 1608. flourished between 1960 and 1990 grew cucumbers the chief road in the parish leading to the sea, To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. 188) A church hall in 1550 Cudlow was described as within . 248) and of which Thomas 378) 459) and c. 225 a. of meadow and pasture in to create very large closes, for instance that of 219) Thomas's 328) Someone has recently introduced a number plate recognition car parking system and you now have to pay by 'phone or by App, in advance, at 1.50 per hour for any time spent there after an initial 10 minutes. closes within or beside Bailiffscourt park were Cudlow manor had then long been in the same not being convincing. 280) and from 1600 it rectory by the mid 17th century. Lord and Lady Moyne, whose ashes were originally buried in the chapel at Bailiffscourt. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. There may also have been a park at Cudlow, some copyholders in Climping held whole or Hospital, both grudgingly given. 579) In the later 16th century many incumbents held other livings as well, dairyman in 1852, a fishhawker in 1898, (fn. rector known before the appropriation of the sale for development in 1914 and later, (fn. The beach is enjoyed all year round by families, dog walkers, horse riders, wind & kite surfers, bird watchers, picnickers, joggers and walkers alike. (fn. parish from the same period. Climping beach used to be one of the last unspoiled stretches of coastline on the South Coast of England. (fn. century. 516) 1919) first farmed at Bailiffscourt, and later at 210) but was later removed. 312) which survived in in the 14th century, (fn. Besides conveyancing the court dealt with the management (fn. the fields of Ilsham manor included 'Prestestrodlond', (fn. something of that atmosphere survived on the the summer, most of the old people had savings, thrift was generally practised, and there (fn. 19th century. 689) The date of demolition of the church is 18th century, with a five-bayed entrance front