At the crossroads is an old timber-framed inn, the Selsey Arms, formerly the Duke's Head, and before that The King of Prussia.[citation needed]
During the Second World War there was an Advanced Landing Ground nearby called RAF Coolham, used to support the D-Day landings.[1][2] This was only in use for about eighteen months, and had almost no permanent buildings. The airmen lived under canvas.[citation needed] Both Polish and British airmen were stationed there, and there is a monument outside the Selsey Arms that lists the names of those who died.[citation needed] The land has long since been reclaimed for agricultural purposes, but there is still a footpath around the field, with trees planted at intervals to commemorate the dead airmen. Each tree has a name plaque attached.[citation needed]
There was once a prominent Quaker community in Coolham, and the "Blue Idol" meeting house, a timber-framed building, still exists. William Penn, who earlier had founded Pennsylvania in America, was closely involved in its establishment, and is believed[by whom?] to have worshipped there. The local junior school was founded as the Coolham British School (later Coolham Primary School) in 1889 by the Quakers. In the mid-twentieth century it moved to its present site, where it is known as the William Penn Primary School.[citation needed]
Coolham is in the ancient parish of Shipley, which adjoins the A24, near the ruin of Knepp Castle. The castle dates back to medieval times,[when?] and was used as a hunting lodge for King John.[3] The site of the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Shipley, dates back to the Knights Templar, and close by is Shipley Windmill, which was once owned by the Sussex writer Hilaire Belloc during the first half of the twentieth century.[citation needed] The windmill was featured as the home of Jonathan Creek in a TV series that ran on UK television from the late 1990s.[citation needed]
ReferencesEdit
^Birmingham Daily Gazette 1945 Retrieved 15 February 2018
^Winnipeg Free Press 1993 Retrieved 15 February 2018
^Turner, Edward (1870). "Steyning and West Grinstead Churches, and the Ancient Castle of Knepp". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 22: 17–18. doi:10.5284/1085409.
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coolham, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, september, 2018, l. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Coolham news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Coolham is a small village in the civil parish of Shipley and the Horsham District of West Sussex England It is located at the crossroads of the A272 and B2139 roads 2 8 miles 4 6 km southeast of Billingshurst CoolhamSelsey Arms CoolhamCoolhamLocation within West SussexOS grid referenceTQ120227Civil parishShipleyDistrictHorshamShire countyWest SussexRegionSouth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townHORSHAMPostcode districtRH13 8PoliceSussexFireWest SussexAmbulanceSouth East CoastUK ParliamentHorshamList of places UK England West Sussex 50 59 36 N 0 24 19 W 50 99322 N 0 4052 W 50 99322 0 4052At the crossroads is an old timber framed inn the Selsey Arms formerly the Duke s Head and before that The King of Prussia citation needed During the Second World War there was an Advanced Landing Ground nearby called RAF Coolham used to support the D Day landings 1 2 This was only in use for about eighteen months and had almost no permanent buildings The airmen lived under canvas citation needed Both Polish and British airmen were stationed there and there is a monument outside the Selsey Arms that lists the names of those who died citation needed The land has long since been reclaimed for agricultural purposes but there is still a footpath around the field with trees planted at intervals to commemorate the dead airmen Each tree has a name plaque attached citation needed There was once a prominent Quaker community in Coolham and the Blue Idol meeting house a timber framed building still exists William Penn who earlier had founded Pennsylvania in America was closely involved in its establishment and is believed by whom to have worshipped there The local junior school was founded as the Coolham British School later Coolham Primary School in 1889 by the Quakers In the mid twentieth century it moved to its present site where it is known as the William Penn Primary School citation needed Coolham is in the ancient parish of Shipley which adjoins the A24 near the ruin of Knepp Castle The castle dates back to medieval times when and was used as a hunting lodge for King John 3 The site of the parish church of St Mary the Virgin Shipley dates back to the Knights Templar and close by is Shipley Windmill which was once owned by the Sussex writer Hilaire Belloc during the first half of the twentieth century citation needed The windmill was featured as the home of Jonathan Creek in a TV series that ran on UK television from the late 1990s citation needed References Edit Birmingham Daily Gazette 1945 Retrieved 15 February 2018 Winnipeg Free Press 1993 Retrieved 15 February 2018 Turner Edward 1870 Steyning and West Grinstead Churches and the Ancient Castle of Knepp Sussex Archaeological Collections 22 17 18 doi 10 5284 1085409 External links Edit nbsp Media related to Coolham at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This West Sussex location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Coolham amp oldid 1180365972, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
