Warminghurst
| Warminghurst | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ116168 |
| Location: | 50°56’25"N, 0°24’42"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Pulborough |
| Postcode: | RH20 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Horsham |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Arundel and South Downs |
Warminghurst is a tiny village in Sussex, found sitting beside the road between Ashington to Heath Common, two and a half miles north-east of Storrington.
The parish church, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, was declared redundant in 1979. It was built in the 13th-century building, and is a Grade I listed building. It is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.[1]
In 1676 Henry Bigland sold Warminghurst Manor to William Penn. Using this house, the Penn family were able to hold secret monthly meetings for Quakers from the local Horsham district and when Penn left Britain in 1682 for his first visit to America, he had many of these local Quakers join him. In 1707 he sold the house to James Butler who had it demolished and then erected another on the site, which was then subsequently demolished by the Duke of Norfolk in 1806. The large barn and farm buildings which survive today behind Park Lane likely do not date from Penn's house but from the early 18th century mansion of James Butler.
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References
- ↑ "The Holy Sepulchre, Warminghurst". Churches Conservation Trust. 2010. http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/findachurch/the-holy-sepulchre-warminghurst/?region=West_Sussex.
