St Mary Magdalene's Church | |
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50°59′23″N 0°12′13″W / 50.9898°N 0.2035°W | |
Location | The Street, Bolney, West Sussex |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Church of England |
Website | stmarymagdalenebolney.org.uk |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 11th century |
Dedication | Mary Magdalene |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 28 October 1957 |
Style | Norman |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Chichester |
Archdeaconry | Horsham |
Deanery | Rural Deanery of Cuckfield |
Parish | Bolney |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Fr. Martin Mills (Curate) |
Laity | |
Churchwarden(s) | Tim Hutchings Susan Ayres |
St Mary Magdalene's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Bolney in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The parish church, which is dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene, serves a large rural parish centred on a village straddling the ancient London–Brighton road and apparently dates from about 1100, and an older origin has been suggested. Many structural additions have been made over the centuries—including a tower built solely using the labour of villagers—and at the entrance to the churchyard is a "magnificent"[1] 20th-century lychgate made of local materials including Sussex Marble. The church is protected as a Grade I Listed building.