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St. Giles, Graffham - St. James, Selham
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St. Giles
The Street, Graffham 
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Fr Mark Gilbert SSC The Rectory, Graffham GU28 0NL 01798 867247 Graffham had a church in 1086 and was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The church stands at the extreme south end of the village, under the Downs. Its shingled spire was renovated in 2006 as shown in the gallery photos. Major rebuilding was carried out and completed in 1875 as a memorial to Bishop Wilberforce. The tower, considered unsafe, was pulled down, and rebuilt in 1887, spire added 1889. The doorlock is very elaborate. The lock is perfect; the handles are in the form of the heads of a king and of a lady wearing a horned head-dress. |
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There are three bells:
one, of the 15th century, inscribed—SANCTA KATERINA ORA PRO NOBIS; another cast by Thomas Wakefield and Roger Tapsell in 1621; the third by Bryan Eldridge, 1642. The registers begin in 1655. [source:- 'Graffham', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4: The Rape of Chichester (1953)] |
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St. Giles photo gallery church near you Stained Glass Windows at St. Giles Images of England - English Heritage The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture Aerial photo showing St. Giles map - ref: N460 churches index St. James |
St Giles Church @2008
Rector: Rev Mark Gilbert Churchwardens John Bellis 01798 867444 Peter Pine-Coffin 01798 867284 PCC sec Diane Bellis 01798 867444 Bellringing: contact: Hilary Major 01798 867238 |
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St. James
Revd Jack Lusted
church near you
click for photos incl. interior
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