Ben Miflin Photography - Sussex Churches

St Simon and St Jude's Church, East Dean.

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St Simon and St Jude's Church, East Dean. / St Simon and St Jude's Church, East Dean. This shows the old Tapsell gate to the church.

St Andrew's Church, Alfriston

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St Andrew's Church, Alfriston / St Andrew's Church, Alfriston. This large cruciform church, known as the "Cathedral of the Downs", dates from about 1360 and has been only minimally altered.

St Pancras Church, Arlington.

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St Pancras Church, Arlington. / St Pancras, Arlington, There is a 13th century pottery urn and leper’s window behind the priest’s stall in the Chancel. The East Window has a stained glass depiction of the Crucifixion and is dedicated to the memory of William Chandless - a Christian cowboy and Amazon explorer!

St Mary the Virgin Church, Barcombe.

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St Mary the Virgin Church, Barcombe. / St Mary the Virgin Church, Barcombe.The nave is probably C12, the chancel C13 and the tower C13 or C14.

St Peter's Church. Hamsey

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St Peter's Church. Hamsey / St Peter's Church Hamsey. This 12th-century church is situated on a slope by a loop in the River Ouse—a very remote spot.. It was once in the centre of a busy willage before it was decimated by the Black Plague

St Andrew's Church, Beddingham

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St Andrew's Church, Beddingham / St Andrew's Church, Beddingham. This isolated riverside settlement was founded in the 9th century but has declined to a negligible size. The church has Norman origins.

St Peter's Church, Southease

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St Peter's Church, Southease / St Peter’s Church, Southease. This ancient building has a round tower. The present nave and chancel are housed in the 11th-century nave,.Wall murals from about 1280 have been uncovered, and the bell is of the same age, making it one of the oldest in Sussex.

St Mary the Virgin Church, Friston.

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St Mary the Virgin Church, Friston. / St Mary the Virgin Church, Friston. The porch and king post roof are 15th-century; the chancel was renovated a century earlier.

St Peter's Church, West Firle

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St Peter's Church, West Firle / St Peter's Church, West Firle. Parts of the Church date back to about 1200.

St John's Church, Piddinghoe

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St John's Church, Piddinghoe / St John's, Piddinghoe. The round tower is one of three in the Ouse valley.

St Mary and St Peter's Church, Wilmington.

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St Mary and St Peter's Church, Wilmington. / A Norman Abbey existed here and when the church was built it shared a cloister with that building.

St Laurence Church, Telscombe.

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St Laurence Church, Telscombe. / St Laurence, Telscombe. The tower is C12.

St Peter's Church, West Firle

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St Peter's Church, West Firle / St Peter's Church, West Firle. Adjoining the 13th-century chancel is a private chapel (the Gage Chapel) for members of the Gage baronetcy.

St Margaret's Church, Ditchling.

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St Margaret's Church, Ditchling. / St Margaret's Church, Ditchling. The appearance of this church is 13th-century, and most of the work was done then.

Parish Curch, Selmeston.

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Parish Curch, Selmeston. / Parish Curch, Selmeston. Unusually, the churchyard is circular, with complex ley lines centred on the font perhaps because it was built on a site used for pagan worship.

Alciston Church

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Alciston Church / Alciston Church - its dedication is unknown.

Alciston Church

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Alciston Church / Alciston Church. Much 12th-century work remains in this isolated church; it had links to Battle Abbey at that time.

St Mary's Church, Tarring Neville.

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St Mary's Church, Tarring Neville. / Tarring comes from the business of tarring boats that occurred here. The Neville part of the name was added after the Norman conquest when the Neville family took over the village

St Michael and All Angels, Berwick.

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St Michael and All Angels, Berwick. / St Michael and All Angels, Berwick. The nave is originally C12 with a north aisle. The chancel and south aisle are originally C13.

Chiddingly Parish Church.

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Chiddingly Parish Church. / Chiddingly Parish Church. The Perpendicular Gothic Revival tower bears the oldest of three stone spires in Sussex. There is a marble and stone memorial to Sir John Jefferay who died in May 1578 and who was the Chief Baron of the Exchequer under Elizabeth I.