Houghton, West Sussex
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Houghton is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the River Arun three miles (5km) to the north of Arundel. The essentially rural civil parish covers an area of 743.04ha and has a population of 76 persons (2001 census). The village name is pronounced as /'hautən/ (unlike other villages of a similar spelling in England where the first syllable is the same as the English word "hot".
Situated in the village is a simple two-cell church dedicated to St Nicholas originally dating from the 13th century but largely rebuilt in 1857.
Houghton is home to the famous George and Dragon pub, said to have been a stop-off point of Charles I's son (the future Charles II) on his escape to France in 1646.
