| Halnaker | |
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 Halnaker Windmill | |
  Halnaker Location withinWest Sussex | |
| OS grid reference | SU907080 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chichester |
| Postcode district | PO18 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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Halnaker (/ˈhænəkər/HAN-ə-kər)[1] is ahamlet in theChichesterdistrict ofWest Sussex, England. It lies on theA285 road 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east ofChichester, where it follows the line of theRoman road toLondon calledStane Street. There is a pub,The Anglesey Arms.Goodwood House is south-west of the village. North-east of the villageHalnaker Windmill stands on 128 metre/420 feet high Halnaker Hill, a southern outpost of theSouth Downs. It is in thecivil parish ofBoxgrove.
Halnaker is mentioned in theDomesday Book under the Hundred ofBoxgrove, Sussex, as having 44 households[2] in the lands belonging toEarl Roger.[3] The book which was written in 1086 said:
The same William holds Halnaker of the Earl. Alweard held it TRE[4] and then as now it was assessed at nine hildes. There is land for five ploughs. In demesne, there are two ploughs and seventeenvillans with twelvecottars with two ploughs. There are eight acres of meadow and woodland for 9 pigs. InChichester are three burgesses paying 5 shillings. TRE it was worth four pounds now 100 shillings.[5]
. TRE = Tempore Regis Edwardi, in the time of King Edward.The place was in medieval times also referred to asHalfnaked.[6] Kelly's Directory of 1867 says that Boxgrove manor-house
...is said to have been built by Sir Thomas West, who married, early in the reign of Henry VIII, Elizabeth, the heiress of John Bonville, of Halnaker.[7]
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