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Colgate is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, about four miles (6 km) northeast of Horsham. There is a range of architectural styles in the village, with houses present from several different design eras. In the late twentieth century there have been some small developments of new houses in the centre of the village. Nearby settlements include villages of a similar size, architectural design, layout, and administrative status in Faygate and Pease Pottage (part of the parish of Slaugham, and the village is located close to the towns of both Horsham and Crawley. Colgate parish covers an area of 22.44 km2 (8.66 sq mi). In the UK census of 2011 it had a population of 1,087. The area is associated with the Wealden iron industry, "Col" possibly referring to charcoal burners. Many hammer ponds are still visible within the parish. Gate is thought to refer to an entrance to the historically much larger St. Leonards Forest. The centre of the village was dominated by the Red Cedar Farm and Colgate House. Over the road to the north was Black Hill wood, part of the traditional St Leonards Forest that no longer exists. In 1887 the ecclesiastical parish, for which the living benefice was a vicarage of a small Early English style Victorian church, was subordinated by the larger civil parish of Horsham and Beeding thanks to the local government reorganization of 1885. The population at the time was 485. The following description from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles of 1887 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).
According to A Vision of Britain Through Time Colgate became part of Lower Beeding parish until the nationwide reorganization of local administration in 1974 when it was considered to be large enough to be a parish in its own right. [edit] Research Tips
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