Staplefield
| Staplefield | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 St Mark's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ276281 |
| Location: | 51°2’18"N, 0°10’54"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Haywards Heath |
| Postcode: | RH17 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mid Sussex |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Sussex |
Staplefield is a village in Sussex, four miles north-west of Haywards Heath on the B2114 road.
There are two public houses, The Jolly Tanners and The Victory Inn: the latter is named not after Horatio Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory (despite his sister's living in nearby Slaugham); it is named instead after the legal victory in gaining permission to be a pub. The pub sign shows a picture of a judge and a document inside the pub shows details of the case.
The pubs are adjacent to the village green and cricket pitch.
Churches
- Church of England: St Mark's
- Roman Catholic: Our Lady of Fatima
The parish church, St Mark, was built in 1847, and contains wall paintings by the Victorian stained glass designer Charles Eamer Kempe. In 1994, Reverend Anthony Freeman, vicar of St Mark's was dismissed by the Bishop of Chichester.[1] and published his book God in Us: A Case for Christian Humanism. He is currently managing editor of The Journal of Consciousness Studies.
Outside links
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