Welcome to the Southwater site.
Southwater is a beautiful village in the Sussex countryside, close to Horsham town, but with its own Lintot Square village centre, completed on 15th December 2006. It has several good schools, thriving businesses and a growing population. Below you will find some facts and a little bit of history.
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About Southwater - West Sussex
Some facts about Southwater for you:
* Population as at 2006 9,780
* Hectares 1400.1
* Electorate as at 2006 7,221
* Southwater has the longest road in Sussex running through its midst.
The origins of Southwater date back to the Neoliths, in 4,500 BC. Evidence of this is from finds at Jackrells Farm, where two arrow heads and three axes were found south of the river in Horsham.
Dinosaur bones were also found in the old brick yard. Other finds dating back to 500 BC show the beginning of an organised trading society in and around Southwater and the Horsham district.
During the Roman Empire the Weald in which Southwater is situated began to produce iron. When the brick works started there were many archaeological finds in Victorian times.
The first written references to Southwater date back to the Calendar of Patent Rolls in 1346. It was known as "Suthwatre," not a village but an area of scattered farms - south of the water, which remained so until the late 20th Century. The water was probably the River Arun which runs through Horsham. The village also has water courses leading to and from the River Adur.
Southwater lies just four miles south of Horsham in West Sussex. Within the Parish are the hamlets of Christ Hospital, Newfoundout and Stammerham, all of which are thought to date back to medieval times and on the path of old road systems.
