A 1947 Ordnance Survey map, showing Bognor Regis with Felpam to the right

Felpham (sometimes pronounced locally as Felf-ham) is a village in West Sussex. Although sometimes concidered part of the greater Bognor Regis habitation it is a village and civil parish in its own right, having an area of 4.26 km² and a population of 9611 persons (2001 census). The settlement of Flansham is also part of this parish. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Part of an Ordnance Survey map at 1 inch to the mile scale from 1945 Ordnance Survey (OS) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. ... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... , Bognor Regis is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...

The 16th century parish church is dedicated to St Mary. There is also a small R.C. church close to the three-way junction of Felpham Way, Flansham Lane and Middleton Road to the east of the village.

History

William Blake lived here briefly. The cottage where he lived lies within the original village, close to "The Fox" public house. William Blake has a road named after him, Blakes Road, the same road were his once residence is sited. The village has both a village hall, called the Memorial Hall, built in remembrance to the fallen from World War I and a Church hall.

Great expansion of the village took place between 1930 and 1960 when three (nominally) gated housing estates were developed and again in the 1970s when two (public) housing developments took place on farmland between Felpham and it's neighbouring village of Middleton-on-Sea. In December 2006 planing permission was granted for further development, this time on farmland to the north ^[1]. William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. ... A village hall is a building within a village which is owned by and run for the local community. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... A church hall is a room or building associated with a church, general for community and charitable use [1]. It is normally located near the church, typically in smaller and village communities. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Middleton-on-Sea is a small village in Sussex on the south coast of England between Bognor Regis and Littlehampton. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sports and recreation

Felpham has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V. Home to Predators Football club. Predators are the largest grass roots football club in Sussex. Predators boast at least 17 youth teams including 4 girls teams, 4 adult teams and 1 womans team. The teams contact can be found on its own web site predatorsfc.net There are 471 King George V Playing Fields[4] in the United Kingdom, all part of an enormous memorial to King George V, each of which is an individual registered charity[5]. This is the page for Sussex. ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ...

Felpham Community College, the main school in the area, operates its own Youth Wing.

Felpham Colts Football Club (incorporating Felpham Girls F.C. and Felpham Ladies F.C.) is the largest youth football club in West Sussex. The club is completely independent and not attached to any of the large local senior football teams. It has 26 teams competing in local football leagues and has been in existence since 1973. The club's teams can be found training at King George V Field on Saturday mornings and playing at Shrubbs Field in nearby Middleton-on-Sea and King George V Field on Sundays.

The Felpham & Middleton Country Dance Club is one of the oldest extant English Country Dance Clubs in England. English Country Dance, sometimes abbreviated ECD, is a form of folk dance. ...

External links

• [http://www.predatorsfc.net/ Predators Football Club
• Felpham Parish Council
• Felpham Colts' website
• Felpham location map and 1867 Directory notes
• The history of the Dance Club

References

1. ^ http://www.arun.gov.uk/cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=3877

Coordinates: 50°47′N, 0°39′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...