page_title: Woolbeding
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Woolbeding / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Woolbeding House seen looking Northeast with the Portico on the West Front. Seen from the south west.This is a photo of listed building number 1221573.
context_page_description: Woolbeding is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England, 1 mile north-west of Midhurst and north of the River Rother and A272 road.
  The civil parish of Woolbeding with Redford has a land area of 1,801 acres. The 2001 census recorded 158 people living in 70 households, of whom 83 were economically active.
context_section_description: Woolbeding was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) in the ancient hundred of Easebourne as having 24 households: 14 villagers, 5 smallholders and five slaves; with woodland, ploughing land, meadows, a mill and church, it had a value to the lord of the manor of £6.
  Woolbeding Bridge across the River Rother is a medieval one, with three arches and two cutwaters.
  The large 18th century country house, Woolbeding House, is a Grade I listed building. It was the home of the late Simon Sainsbury of the Sainsbury supermarket family.
  The National Trust owns the Woolbeding Estate, which includes Woolbeding and Pound Commons which are Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
  Telegraph Hill, 1 mile (1.6 km) from Woolbeding, was the site of a station on the semaphore line from London to Portsmouth which operated from 1822 to 1847. It was previously called "Holder" or "Older" Hill.
  In 1861, the parish's area was 2,253 acres (912 ha), with a population of 338.
caption: Woolbeding House
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