Slaugham
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| Slaugham | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ257281 |
| Location: | 51°2’19"N, 0°12’30"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,226 (2011) |
| Post town: | Haywards Heath / Crawley |
| Postcode: | RH17 / RH11 |
| Dialling code: | 01444 / 01293 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mid Sussex |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Horsham |
| Website: | slaughampc.org.uk |
Slaugham is a village in Sussex, seven miles south of Crawley, on the A23 road to Brighton. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population, including the villages of Handcross and Warninglid, of 2,769. Also im the parish contains the settlement of Pease Pottage.
St Mary's Church is a Grade II* listed building dating mostly from the 12th and 13th centuries and is situated opposite Slaugham's village green. It serves all four villages.[1]
Church Covert wood off Staplefied Road is managed by the Woodland Trust.[2]
Outside links
| ("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Slaugham) |
References
- ↑ A History of the County of Sussex - Volume 7 pp 181-186: Parishes: Slaughma (Victoria County History)
- ↑ "Church Covert, Slaugham". https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/church-covert/.
- Swinfen, Warden; Arscott, David (1984). Hidden Sussex. Brighton: BBC Radio Sussex. ISBN 0-9509510-0-5.
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