Sullington

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Sullington
Sussex

Church of St Mary
Location
Grid reference: TQ099131
Location: 50°54’25"N, 0°26’20"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Horsham
Parliamentary
constituency:
Arundel and South Downs

Sullington is a village in Sussex, on the A283 road west of the A24 road, twenty miles south of Horsham.

St Mary's Parish Church nave dates back to Saxon times: the chancel and tower are from the 13th century and the church was restored in 1873. The patronage of the parish rested with the lord of the manor of Sullington until 1938, when Evelyn Palmer (Lady Caldecott) passed it to the Diocese of Chichester. The Victorian rectory (built c1845) was sold off as a private residence and later occupied by the writer A J Cronin and the politician Lady Cynthia Asquith. The modern rectory is on Washington Road.[1]

Sullington Manor, on Sullington Lane, is a Grade II listed former farmhouse. The manor was held by the Shelley family from the dissolution of the monasteries (1546) until 1789, when it was sold to George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont.[2]

A feature is Sullington Warren, which is a woodland area popular among visitors to Sullington.

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References

  1. Sullington: Church: A History of the County of Sussex, Volume 6 Part 2
  2. Sullington: Manors and other estates: A History of the County of Sussex, Volume 6 Part 2