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St Peter, Racton, Sussex

Location
(50°52′37″N, 0°53′38″W)
Racton
SU 779 092
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now West Sussex
  • Kathryn Morrison
09 September 1998, 18 September 2014

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Feature Sets
Description

The church comprises a nave with a W bell-turret and S porch, and a 13thc. chancel. It was restored in 1875.

History

Racton is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but no church.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The font may date from the 12thc.

Bibliography

Victoria County History: Sussex (vol IV), 116-17, with plan.

J. Morris and J. Mothersill (ed.), Domesday Book: Sussex. Chichester 1976 1976, 11.32.

A. H. Peat and L. C. Halsted, Churches and Other Antiquities of West Sussex. Chichester 1912, 127-29.

(Not mentioned in I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth 1965, 311-12.)