Graffham


Graffham is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England, situated on the northern escarpment of the South Downs within the South Downs National Park. The civil parish is made up of the village of Graffham, part of the hamlet of Selham, and South Ambersham. It forms part of the Bury Ward for the purposes of electing a Councillor to Chichester District Council.
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History

Graffham was listed in the Domesday Book in the ancient hundred of Easebourne as having 13 households: seven villagers and six smallholders; with land for ploughing, woodland for pigs and a church, the parish's value to the lord of the manor was £8.
In the 1861 census, the parish covered and had a population of 410. Selham was still a separate parish covering with a population of 123.

Demography

In the 2001 census, the parish covered 11.81 km2 and had 229 households with a total population of 510 of whom 229 residents were economically active. The population at the 2021 Census was 517.

Amenities

The village of Graffham contains three pubs The Forester's Arms ''The White Horse, and The Three Moles'', a recreation ground, a village shop, the Anglican parish church of St Giles, which was largely rebuilt between 1874 and 1887, and a primary school. Seaford College, an independent school, is close by.

Notable people