page_title: Tortington
section_title: The Parish
hierarchical_section_title: Tortington / The Parish
caption_attribution_description: View of Arundel sheep in foreground
context_page_description: Tortington is a small village in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It lies between the Arundel to Ford and the Arundel to Chichester roads, 1.6 miles southwest of Arundel.
context_section_description: From these early foundations until the 20th century, the history of the parish is closely linked to those of the church, the priory, the manor and the Earls of Arundel. A complex history of conveyances, grants, gifts and titles caused the land at Tortington to change hands many times, particularly after the Dissolution of the Monasteries (see the Manor of Tortington below). At some time in its early history it may have had a dual dedication as the parish, even as late as the 1901 UK census, was sometimes referred to as the Parish of St Thomas, Tortington, and the church similarly dedicated and named.
  The ancient parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Tortington was united with those of St. Nicholas's, Arundel and St. Leonard's, South Stoke in 1929, though declared redundant in 1978.
  Tortington village population, now in the region of 150, has grown largely by the conversion of Tortington House, formerly Tortington Park School and later New England College, to residential dwellings in 2001 when it was renamed Tortington Manor. This population figure means that Tortington, against all other demographic trends in south-east England, is around the same size that it was between 1901 and 1931.
caption: A view from Tortington across the Arun Valley towards Arundel
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