St Mary's Church, Slaugham

St Mary's Church
The church from the north
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51°02′18″N 0°12′29″W / 51.0383°N 0.2080°W / 51.0383; -0.2080
LocationThe Green, Slaugham, West Sussex RH17 6AG
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
TraditionOpen Evangelical
Websitewww.stmarysparish.org.uk
History
StatusParish church
Founded12th century
DedicationMary
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II*
Designated10 September 1951
StyleEnglish Gothic
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseChichester
ArchdeaconryHorsham
DeaneryRural Deanery of Cuckfield
ParishWest Weald (Slaugham and Staplefield Common)

St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Slaugham in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The 12th- and 13th-century church, restored in the Victorian era, serves a large rural area of the Sussex Weald, covering three villages[1] (each with current or former chapels of ease of their own) as well as the ancient settlement of Slaugham. It also controlled the church in the market town of Crawley—now one of the area's largest towns—for the first few centuries of its existence. A locally important family built a private chapel in the church in the 17th century, and a series of memorials to deceased family members are considered to be excellent examples of their type. English Heritage has listed the building at Grade II* for its architectural and historical importance.

  1. ^ Coppin 2006, p. 123.