Monk's Gate

Monk's Gate
Saxtons Farm, Monks Gate
Monk's Gate Location within West Sussex
OS grid reference	TQ202276
Civil parish	Nuthurst
District	Horsham
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Horsham
List of places UK England West Sussex 51°02′07″N 0°17′09″W / 51.03519°N 0.28579°W / 51.03519; -0.28579

Monk's Gate is a hamlet in the civil parish of Nuthurst, in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A281 road 3 miles (5 km) southeast from Horsham. Its name arose because it was the site of one of the gates into St Leonard's Forest.

Hymn tune

Although it is a tiny settlement, its name is well known around the world as a popular hymn tune in 6.5.6.5. 6 6 6 5 meter, used for the hymn To be a pilgrim by John Bunyan.

When Ralph Vaughan Williams was commissioned at the start of the 20th century to edit a new hymnal as an alternative to Hymns Ancient and Modern, he set the hymn, in an adaptation by Percy Dearmer, to his own adaptation of the tune of an English folk song Valiant or Welcome Sailor which he had collected from Mrs Harriet Verrall of Monk's Gate. Mrs Verrall was also the source of a widely used tune for the carol "On Christmas night all Christians sing", with her version thereafter being called the Sussex Carol.

References

External links

• Media related to Monk's Gate at Wikimedia Commons
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