Talk:West Grinstead

Merge proposal
Guidelines at WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements state that ideally the civil parish should be the catch-all article, avoiding single line articles on every village and landmark within the parish.

Therefore, I suggest that villages within the parish with a one or two sentence article, ie Dial Post, Littleworth, West Sussex & Partridge Green to be merged and redirected to this parish article. ++ MortimerCat (talk) 08:41, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

That would be a shame. Dial Post is an unusual hamlet, with a unique personality that shares little with the other villages in the parish. Geographically and culturally, its major affiliations were more with Shipley than West Grinstead, and after the 1960's, all primary school children from Dial Post travelled to Shipley for their education. Geologically, it sits in a very interesting position, where the Wealden clays meet the greensands, meaning that the northern side of the village boasts a totally different natural biology and perspective to those observed near Benton's Lane and along Ashurst Lane to the south. 203.59.202.58 (talk) 10:01, 9 July 2009 (UTC)Derek Longhurst

Battle of Knepp
Since it was first created four years ago this article has included an account of a supposed "Battle of Knepp" in 1252, apparently during the lifetime of King John (who died in 1216). More than five months ago Dougatwiki place a note under this account saying that it "seems to be completely spurious", and calling for references. No references have been added, and I can find no authority for any medieval battle there, so I am removing the account of it. Please do not reinstate it unless you can cite a reliable source, because that's what we always need here at Wikipedia. --Antiquary (talk) 20:04, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

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Article development required on West Grinstead.
The parish of West Grinstead has a long and interesting history. As yet this history is not represented in this article which is really only of stub status. The following is missing (and this is not definitive): an economic perspective ie at one time the area produced high quality wheat, information on a number of historical houses, listed houses, the former National Stud, St. George's church. Important local familes, many who have wikipedia entries ie. de Broase, Carylls, several Burrells, Hornungs are not linked, no mention of the connection to one of England's greatest poets Alexander Pope (Pop'e Oak still stands), Bishop Cecil Wood, Rector Geoffrey  Woolley, holder of a Victoria Cross. Also missing is mention of the Baybridge Canal whose head wharf is at Bines Bridge, the floods by the River Adur in 1797 and 1968. On more prosaic level the effect of the expansion of the A24 has been profound, isolating Dial Post, Knepp Estate and seeing the destruction of a major local landmark, The Burrell Arms. The loss of the railway in the Mid-20th-century is also missing.

I wondered if anyone would be interested in helping develop this article to at least B- status? - incremental steps first I think. I'm going to my sandbox where I will work on St.George's parish church.The RC shine has a separate article linked to this article. The Anglican Church which has G1 listed status, has an older and as interesting history so I’m thinking of a main article. Please feel free to contact me if you'd like to help develop this article.I’ll need support. Dorkinglad (talk) 13:48, 31 March 2023 (UTC)