| Albourne | |
|---|---|
 Church of St. Bartholomew | |
  Albourne Location within West Sussex | |
| Area | 7.73 km2 (2.98 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 600 [1] 2001 Census 644 (2011 Census)[2] |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ264166 |
| • London | 34 miles (55 km) N |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HASSOCKS |
| Postcode district | BN6 |
| Dialling code | 01273 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Albourne Parish Council |
Albourne is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A23 road three miles (4.8 km) east of Henfield. The parish has a land area of 772.9 hectares (1909 acres). In the 2001 census 600 people lived in 234 households, of whom 321 were economically active. The population at the 2011 Census was 644.[2] The name comes from an alder-lined stream, which is likely to have been the Cutler's Brook.[3]
English inventor and father of the bicycle industry, James Starley (1830–1881), was born in Albourne.[4]
The village has a golf course, a riding school and a country club.
During World War II a bomb fell in the village and did blast damage to the local school. The parish council appealed to raise £200 for immediate repairs to the school and £600 for future repairs. The bomb also damaged the Rectory of the Church and left it without electric lighting or a functioning bath.[5]
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ Mawer, A and Stenton, FM, 1930 The place-names of Sussex, Part II, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 798.
- ^ Sussex Notes and Queries, Vol. 10, Number 1, February 1944, p. 19