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St Mary, Slaugham, Sussex

Location
(51°2′15″N, 0°12′35″W)
Slaugham
TQ 256 280
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now West Sussex
medieval St Mary
now St Mary
  • Kathryn A Morrison
  • Kathryn A Morrison
24 May 1991 and 4 December 2025

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Description

St Mary's has a 13thc. W tower and a nave with a late 13thc. S arcade and aisle, much rebuilt and enlarged in 1827. The chancel was extended in the 14thc. On its S side is the Covert Chapel of 1613, and on the N are two modern vestries. There is a blocked Norman doorway and a late 12thc. font.

History

Slaugham is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The font can be dated to the late 12thc.

According to the VCH, the threshold of the blocked doorway is 3'6" above present nave floor level.

Bibliography

Victoria County History: Sussex 7 (Rape and Honour of Lewes), 1940, 184-86.

A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English Fonts with Details of those in Sussex, London 1908, 66-67.