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Twineham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It is located eight kilometres (5 miles) to the west of Burgess Hill. The civil parish covers an area of In the 2001 census 271 people lived in 100 households, of whom 139 were economically active. The name 'Twineham' is of Old English origin, meaning 'the homestead between the streams'. In Anglo-Saxon times it was a royal manor. The village centre has no pub, post office or shop. There is only the church and the school. The eastern River Adur meets another major stream at Twineham. The river then continues to the west of Henfield, where it meets the western Adur to reach the sea at Shoreham-by-Sea. ==History== In 1856, Twineham had a lot more services than nowadays, it had a post office, general shop, butchers, dairy, shoe menders, blacksmith and wheelwright. None of these services are now there. In 1911, the village started to get its piped water supply from the Burgess Hill Water Company. In 1928, the roads were surfaced, and electricity came to the village in 1936. The village of Twineham has never had its own pub, though there are two pubs in the parish of Twineham. 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「Twineham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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