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Pagham
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St Thomas à Becket Church
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Pagham
Location within West Sussex
Area9.88 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population5,941 (Civil Parish.2011) [1]
•  Density 601/km2 (1,560/sq mi)
OS grid reference SZ886975
•  London 57 miles (92 km) NNE
Civil parish
  • Pagham
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BOGNOR REGIS
Postcode district PO21
Dialling code 01243
Police Sussex
Fire West Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
UK Parliament
Website http://www.paghamcouncil.co.uk/
List of places
UK
England
West Sussex
50°46′15″N0°44′41″W / 50.77083°N 0.74479°W / 50.77083; -0.74479

Pagham is a coastal village, Anglican parish [2] and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, with a population of around 6,100. It lies about two miles to the west of Bognor Regis.

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Demography

Pagham is part of the electoral ward called Pagham and Rose Green. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 7,538. [3]

The village can be divided into three contiguous neighbourhoods (merging seamlessly as one clustered village):

History

Pagham was a significant settlement at the time of the Domesday survey of 1086 with 154 households. [4]

In 1861 the parish, which is in the Diocese of Chichester, [5] extended to 4,376 acres (1,771 ha), with a population of 988. [2]

Landmarks

Map of Nature Reserve Pagham Harbour Local Nature Reserve information board - close-up - geograph.org.uk - 2257397.jpg
Map of Nature Reserve

The Site of Special Scientific Interest known as Pagham Harbour is to the southwest; almost one quarter of the area falls within the parish. [6] The harbour and surrounding land is of national importance for both flora and fauna. The shingle spit is of geological interest.

A Phoenix breakwater, a concrete caisson that was intended to be part of a World War II Mulberry Harbour, is visible in the bay at low tides.

Buildings and facilities

Many of the original Pagham Beach dwellings are bungalows constructed from old railway carriages - most of these have been later rebuilt using sturdier construction methods.

The parish church of St Thomas à Becket is a Grade I listed building; it contains three 1911 windows by the leading painter and designer Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne, which were restored in 2011. [7] Pagham is home to ale and beer pubs 'The Lamb', 'The Lion' and 'The Bear' as well as the 'Inglenook Hotel'.

Sport and leisure

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Colin Cooper (left) and entry in the 2023 Pagham Pram Race

Pagham has a Non-League football club Pagham F.C. who play at Nyetimber Lane. The village has a cricket team, who play at the cricket ground at Nyetimber Lane. Sussex County Cricket Club played two first-class matches there in the 1970s. [8]

Pagham is the home of the Pagham Pram Race which is the oldest pram race in the world. The race is run on Boxing day every year at 11am whatever the weather. Thousands of people line the streets of Pagham to watch the wacky contestants navigate the 3 mile course, drinking 3 pints of beer en route. All the money raised by the Pram Race is distributed to local good causes. The most successful fancy dress racer is Colin Cooper, who has won 2 best fancy dress awards alongside his teammates. [9]

Notable people

James Byden, Joe Biden's paternal fourth great-grandfather was christened at the church of St Thomas à Becket in Pagham, on November 15, 1767. [10] [11] He was the son of Richard Byden, Biden's paternal fifth great-grandfather, and his wife Susan. The parish register notes that they were from Wymering where Richard appears to have been buried in 1808. [12]

The motor racing drivers John Watson and Derek Bell lived in Pagham. Watson won five Formula One Grand Prix. Bell won the Le Mans 24 hour race five times. [13]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014
  2. 1 2 "GENUKI: Pagham, Sussex" . Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Pagham and Rose Green ward population 2011" . Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Open Domesday: Pagham" . Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Parish Church of St Thomas à Becket, Pagham" . Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "SSSI Citation: Pagham Harbour" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  7. ↑ Hammond, Elaine (February 2021). "Church windows restoration 10 years ago was like 'friends coming home'". Chichester Observer. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ground profile: Pagham Cricket Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Pagham Pram Race".
  10. ↑ "'Joe Biden will be the first US president to have Sussex ancestry'" . Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Pagham Parish Register". FreeReg. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "Wymering Parish Register". FreeReg. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Goodwood's local racing heroes". 13 July 2020.
  14. ↑ EWCA Civ 7
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