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Felpham (sometimes pronounced locally as ''Felf-fm'') is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. Although sometimes considered part of the urban area of greater Bognor Regis, it is a village and civil parish in its own right, having an area of 4.26 km² with a population of 9611 people that is still growing (2001 census). Felpham lies on the A259 coastal road that runs from Havant in Hampshire to Folkestone in Kent. The 12th-century Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. There is also a Methodist church close to the three-way junction of Felpham Way, Flansham Lane and Middleton Road, in the east of the village. ==History== Felpham was in existence long before Bognor Regis, having been mentioned in the Domesday Book of the 11th Century. William Blake, introduced to the village by his friend William Hayley, a noted writer, lived in Felpham for three years, writing his epic poem ''Milton'' in Felpham. The poem contains his famous words about "England's green and pleasant land", today known as the anthem "Jerusalem", which were inspired by Blake's "evident pleasure" in the Felpham countryside.〔Amanda Gilroy , ''Green and Pleasant Land: English Culture and the Romantic Countryside'', Peeters Publishers, 2004, p. 66〕 The cottage where he lived is depicted in the illustrations for the poem. It lies within the original village, close to ''The Fox'' public house. Of the village he wrote;
The "turrett" in the verse is Hayley's house, east of the church, which he built around 1800. It was in Felpham that Blake had his altercation with the drunken soldier John Scofield, who was trespassing in his garden.〔 This led to Blake's trial for sedition because of Scofield's allegation that he had cursed the king. Blake has a road named after him, Blakes Road, the road on which his former residence is sited, and a memorial window dedicated to him in St Mary's Church. Blake's host, Hayley, was so famous in his day for having turned down the offer of the position of poet laureate in 1790. The village has a village hall, called the Memorial Hall, built in remembrance to the fallen from World War I and a church community hall called St Mary's Centre. Great expansion of the village took place between 1930 and 1960 when three (nominally) gated housing estates were developed, and again in the 1970s when two public housing developments took place on farmland between Felpham and its neighbouring village of Middleton-on-Sea. In December 2006 planning permission was granted for further development, this time on farmland to the north.〔(Felpham (2006) Development plans )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Felpham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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