Halnaker
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Halnaker ( ) is a hamlet in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A285 road 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Chichester, where it follows the line of the Roman road to London called Stane Street. There is a pub called The Anglesey Arms. Goodwood House is north-west of the village. North-east of the village Halnaker Windmill stands on 128 metre/420 feet high Halnaker Hill, a southern outpost of the South Downs. It is in the civil parish of Boxgrove.
]] Halnaker ( ) is a hamlet in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A285 road 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Chichester, where it follows the line of the Roman road to London called Stane Street. There is a pub called The Anglesey Arms. Goodwood House is north-west of the village. North-east of the village Halnaker Windmill stands on 128 metre/420 feet high Halnaker Hill, a southern outpost of the South Downs. It is in the civil parish of Boxgrove. ==History== Halnaker is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the Hundred of Boxgrove, Sussex, as having 44 households in the lands belonging to Earl Roger. The book, which was written in 1086, said: . TRE = Tempore Regis Edwardi, in the time of King Edward. The place was in medieval times also referred to as Halfnaked. Kelly's Directory of 1867 says that Boxgrove manor-house Edward VI came to the "pretty house" at "Halvenaker" at the end of July 1552 during a progress. ==Further reading== Halnaker (Boxgrove), Victoria County History, Vol. 4 (Sussex), London, 1953 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol4/pp140-150] ==References== ==External links==
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