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St Mary, Felpham, Sussex

Location
(50°47′24″N, 0°39′18″W)
Felpham
SZ 949 998
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now West Sussex
  • Kathryn A Morrison
  • Kathryn A Morrison
21 Apr 1990

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Description

The church comprises a nave with late 12thc. N aisle and mid-13thc. S aisle, a 14thc. chancel and a 15thc. W tower. There is an arcaded Sussex marble font.

History

The Domesday Book records that Felpham was held by St Edward's Abbey, Shaftesbury, before and after 1066. A church is mentioned.

Features

Interior Features

Arcades

Nave

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The arcade seems to be of late 12thc. date and may be contemporary with the font.

Bibliography

J. Morris and J. Mothersill (ed.), Domesday Book: Sussex, Chichester 1976, 8a.1.

I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex, Harmondsworth 1965, 219.

A. H. Peat and L. C. Halsted, Churches and Other Antiquities of West Sussex, Chichester 1912, 76-79.

A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English Fonts with Details of those in Sussex, London 1908, ill. 65.