Coordinates: 50°53′21″N 0°14′53″W / 50.88903°N 0.24796°W
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  Edburton
 Edburton shown within West Sussex |
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| Parish | Upper Beeding |
| District | Horsham |
| Shire county | West Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HENFIELD |
| Postcode district | BN5 |
| Dialling code | 01903 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Arundel and South Downs |
| List of places: UK • England • West Sussex | |
Edburton is a small village in West Sussex, England, on the road from Upper Beeding to Fulking.
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History
The village was named after Edburga of Winchester[1] who was a granddaughter of King Alfred the Great and daughter of his successor King Edward the Elder. The church she founded c.940 at Edburton collapsed and was rebuilt in the late twelfth century on the same foundations. This indicates that there was a substantial population living where there are only a few houses now. The situation at the foot of the north facing South Downs escarpment provided a year round supply of clean spring water from the chalk of the downs, and access to a range of soil types for farming.
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The parish church
The anglican parish church dedicated to St. Andrew was rebuilt in the late twelfth century, in late Norman and Early English style, beginning with the nave and finishing with the tower. The interior stone came from Caen in Normandy. The well proportioned tower is mainly of flint.[2] There is an unusual lead font with a raisable conical wooden cover. A round stone sink with Saxon carving, which was found in the churchyard, is believed to be the piscina of the original Saxon church. There are three mass-clocks or sundials carved into the stone on the south side of the church. These originally had a projecting metal rod called a gnomon or style to cast a shadow, and were used to divide up the day before clocks existed. A fourth mass-clock on the north side of the church sees no sunshine and is upside down, showing that the stone was reused from the earlier church, which was built c. 940.
References
- ^ http://www.sussexcoast.co.uk/villages/edburton.php
- ^ St. Andrew's church guide, 2001
Gallery
 Houses at Edburton |
 South entrance of the church |
 The road below the church |
 An old house |
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