WELCOME TO THE ALBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL WEBSITE
Please visit the pages using the links on the left.Recently added to the news page is a document containing the Council's draft Neighbourhood Plan policies. Please have a look at this by clicking on the document. We welcome all input and comments on this. It is the community's plan, and in order to have it approved through the independent examination and referendum process, we need your support! It will help shape planning and development in the Parish over the next 20 years.
NEW: See February 2013 Press Releases Page on Community Oil Buying initiative
Albourne
Albourne, a small village with a population of about 600, is situated in the low Weald and Mid Sussex, just north of the South Downs. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty. The scattered village is rich in old and historical buildings. The old rectory and the original village school are in an idylic setting adjacent to Cutlers Brook, an alder-lined stream from which the village gets its name: 'Al' from alder and bourne - a small stream.
In the heart of the village is Woodbine Cottage, childhood home of James Stanley, a pioneer maker and inventor of the different gear used on early bicyles, whose success brought prosperity of Coventry. Both 'Gallops' and 'The Pound' are c17th century. The former, a timber-framed building, is perhaps the old building in the village, and the latter used to impound straying animals. Albourne Place, in Truslers Hill Lane, is a large mid-17th century former manor house where William Juxon, later Archbishop of Canterbury, lived following his imprisonment by Cromwell, reputedly for refusing to tell the secret of the last words of Charles 1 on the scaffold.
Website
This website has been designed and constructed to provide what the Parish Council hope will be a valuable resource, especially to find out more about what is happening within the Council and the wider Albourne community. As the site develops we hope it will become the local access point for information about the Parish Council and principal Local Authority Services and further advice on these services. Our 'Useful Links' page contains a number of links to websites that will be of interest to a wide range of residents.
We plan that it will be a further resource for community development and support through:
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involving local people more in what is happening in the village;
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improving communication;
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engaging everyone in local issues, through providing you with more information.
All within the parish we hope will share views and create positive change in what might be a fast changing world for us in the coming years.
To find more information within the site, use the navigation buttons on the left hand side of each page.
We also intend through the website to help us increase our links with the community. If you would like to advertise your event on the site, please contact us.
Parish Statistics
Population estimated 2012: 600
(information gathered from Mid Sussex District Council)