Monk's Gate

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Monk's Gate
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Saxtons Farm, Monks Gate
Monk's Gate is located in West Sussex
Monk's Gate
Monk's Gate
 Monk's Gate shown 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
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Horsham
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Monk's Gate is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A281 road 2.6 miles (4.3km) 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

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External links

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  2. On Christmas Night, www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com