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The Street / Cow Lane, South Harting, West Sussex.
Grid reference: 478420, 119410, View on: Google Maps, Open Street Map, Streetmap, National Library of Scotland Map, Magic Maps
Church of England Clergy Database.
Earliest Register: 1567.
There are no baptisms in the OPC database.
IGI Batches: C070581 (1567 ~ 1876); E070581 (1567 ~ 1876).
There are no burials in the OPC database.
No burial IGI batches known.
There are no marriages in the OPC database.
IGI Batch: M070581 (1567 ~ 1686, 1724 ~ 1875).
There are no monumental inscriptions in the OPC database.
There are 8 images of this church in the OPC database.
Built: Unknown or not given.
Current use: Worship.
ST. MARY AND ST. GABRIEL. Restored in 1852 and 1870. Fine cruciform E.E. church, with tapering spire, covered with copper. The chancel (early 13th c.) has lofty arch with dog-tooth mouldingl; good triplet of lancets at E. end; Elizabethan roof (1574); priests' door with shafts; "restored" low-side window. Nave (late 13th c.) has pillars without capitals (cf. Cold Waltham, Slindon and Rustington); W. window and some others good Dec. 15th c. vestry. Font E.E.
Note:fine marble monument by Westmacott to Sir H. Featherstonhaugh (1846); weather-beaten tomb of recumbent knight (outside the church); curious semi-circular tomb in S. chancel wall (1675); tomb with recumbent figures in S. transept; brass to Ford family (1670); old glass. Cardinal Pole was rector of this parish. Reg 1567.
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