Monk's Gate

Monk's Gate

Saxtons Farm, Monks Gate
Monk's Gate
 Monk's Gate shown within West Sussex
OS grid referenceTQ202276
Civil parishNuthurst
DistrictHorsham
Shire countyWest Sussex
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Sussex
Fire West Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentHorsham
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Coordinates: 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 Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A281 road 2.6 miles (4.3 km) southeast of Horsham.

Hymn tune

Although it is a tiny settlement, its name is well known around the world as a popular hymn tune in 65 65 66 65 metre to the hymn To be a pilgrim.

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 John Bunyan's 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.[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. "Our Captain Cried All Hands". 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  2. On Christmas Night, www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com
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