Blue plaque № 52115

Parham, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

PARHAM Golden Pippins and Victorian Adventurer This name first recorded in 959AD comes from words meaning ‘the pear tree settlement’, but the fruit most associated with Parham is the Golden Pippin Apple, which probably originated here in 1629. Robert Palmer, a citizen and mercer of London, bought Pa

rham in 1540. His son Thomas, who sailed with Francis Drake, laid the foundation stone for the present house in 1577. It was sold to Thomas Bishop of Henfield in 1601, and his descendants lived there

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