Rudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is west from Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The parish's northern boundary forms part of the county boundary between Surrey and West Sussex.
The parish covers . The 2001 Census recorded 2,791 people living in 1,013 households, of whom 1,425 were economically active.. The 2011 Census recorded a population, including Tisman's Common of 2,722.
History Historically Ridgewick was an alternative form of the toponym. Riccherwyk may be another, seen in 1377.Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/466, in 1377, (Edward III); http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/E3/CP40no466/aCP40no466fronts/IMG_0025.htm; first entry
The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity has a 12th-century Norman font of Sussex Marble. The belltower is early 13th century. The church was largely rebuilt in the 14th century, when the north aisle was added and probably the present chancel was built. The church is a Grade I listed building.
The parish has two 17th-century farmhouses. Garlands, south of the village, is early 17th century and is Grade II* listed, and Redhouse Farm, which is Grade II listed; north of the village is late 17th century. Naldrett House, south of the village, is an 18th-century Georgian farmhouse of three bays and two storeys, built of brick with stone quoins. It is Grade II listed.
Rudgwick had a Dissenters' chapel by 1848.
During World War 2, two RAF B-25s collided in the air over Rudgwick, resulting in the deaths of 8 airmen. The crash sites, now in the grounds of Rikkyo School, were excavated in the 1990s.
Rudgwick railway station on the Cranleigh Line was opened in 1865 and closed in 1965, as part of the Beeching cuts.
In 1985, excavations in Rudgwick Brick Yard resulted in the discovery of a new species of the Polacanthus genus, which became known as the Rudgwickosaurus.
Education Pennthorpe School is on in Church Street. Rudgwick Primary School is located in the village,"Contact Us." () Rudgwick Primary School. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Address Rudgwick Primary School Tates Way Rudgwick West Sussex RH12 3HW" as is Rikkyo School in England, a Japanese boarding school."INFORMATION IN ENGLISH." () Rikkyo School in England. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Guildford Road, Rudgwick, W-Sussex RH12 3BE ENGLAND"
Notable people Bertram Prance (1889-1958), artist and illustrator, lived in the village.Bertram Prance (1889-1958) - The Prance Family website Eric Thompson (1929–1982), creator of The Magic Roundabout grew up in Rudgwick. Margaret Peterson (1883 – 1933), an English novelist, died in the village
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