Staplefield
| Staplefield | |
|---|---|
 St Mark's Church | |
| Population | Approx 440[1][2] |
| OS grid reference | TQ276281 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Staplefield is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, situated 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north-west of Haywards Heath on the B2114 road. It is part of Ansty and Staplefield civil parish.
The Anglican parish church built in 1847 is dedicated to St. Mark and contains wall paintings by the Victorian stain glass designer Charles Eamer Kempe. In 1994, Reverend Anthony Freeman, vicar of St Mark's was dismissed by the Bishop of Chichester, Eric Kemp, when he stated that he didn't believe in God[3] and published his bookGod in Us: A Case for Christian Humanism. He is currently managing editor of The Journal of Consciousness Studies.[citation needed]
The village also has a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima.
There are two public houses, The Jolly Tanners and The Victory Inn, the latter is named after the legal victory in gaining permission to be a pub not after Horatio Nelson's flagship, Victory, despite his sister, Catherine Matcham, living in nearby Slaugham.[citation needed][further explanation needed] The pub sign shows a picture of a judge and a document inside the pub shows details of the case. There is also a red park next to the pubs. The pubs are adjacent to the village green and cricket pitch.
Part of the wood of Nymans, a National Trust property, lies in Staplefield although the main garden is in Handcross.
Tyes Place, a historic mansion, is located in Staplefield.
Baron Saatchi lives in Staplefield.[citation needed]
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