Chiddingly Parish Church

    Chiddingly Church is one half of the United Benefice of Chiddingly with East Hoathly, 
    and this takes you to its official website.

    Here is a Googlemap location map.

    These pages are not the official Parish Church website, they are a personal, private,
    informal record more to do with the fabric and history of Chiddingly Church.

    Chiddingly Church welcomes visitors, and is usually open in the daytime.  

     Chiddingly is about 7 miles east of Lewes and 4 miles west of Hailsham in East Sussex; 
    it is 2 miles north of Golden Cross on the A22.  

Chiddingly Church has free public access WiFi.  There are currently live broadcasts of services on Zoom or Facebook, 
and Facebook offers catchup after the event.   Zoom (Livestream only)        Facebook (Livestream or catchup)                                      

Use the post code BN8 6HE for www.streetmap.co.uk  and SatNav devices.

Rector:  the Priest in Charge is The Reverend James Vine (Fr. James). Tel: 01825 840270  or  07780 844712

The Assistant Curate is The Reverend Janice Bartholomew  (Revd. Janice)

Visiting Chiddingly Church

 Chiddingly Church Guide The 
Jefferay Monument
The Lachelle sculpture The North Aisle window The church font
The Lectern The East Window needs
major expensive repair 		The Piscina
Hatchment The pulpit The Rood Screen
Royal Arms The Jefferay and Bertie
Monuments 		The Church bells
The Commandment Boards - Photoshopped together The Pelham Towers - 
Chiddingly has one of these 		The Church Clock
The Church organ Thunder and Muddle The Pelham Buckle
Revd. Herring and potatoes Mass Dials at Chiddingly 
Church 		The War Memorial
Chiddingly Church
graveboard 		Jonathan Harmer
gravestone terracottas 		Chiddingly's 
Harmer terracotta
Church Marks which is about the fence round the Church The weathervane WWII window blackouts
The
Millennium Yew Tree 		Ordnance Survey benchmark Chiddingly Church
Wooden Chalice
The "Bishops' Chair" Commonwealth War Grave
Private Kenneth Latter		 Commonwealth War Grave
Gunner Harry William Smith
William Chives'
poems etc about Chiddingly Church some 100 years ago 		Harvest Festival Recording music in the church
Inscriptions on headstones in the
churchyard, ca 1860 		Chiddingly Church is
Listed Grade I 		The Coronation Light
Chiddingly
Parish Council 		Chiddingly
Parish News		 Chichester Diocese
web pages
The NADFAS Record for Chiddingly Church
(edited)		 Chiddingly Church records at 
The Keep in Brighton		 Vicars of Chiddingly
1400 - present day
Sir John Jefferay's original Will, a copy of the record held in the Public Record Office at Kew.  A pdf file. Sir John Jefferay's Will transcribed into relatively understandable modern English, with notes. The Platinum Jubilee 
hornbeam tree
Chiddingly Church 1841
by Albion Russell		 Chiddingly Church ca 1900 The Church and fence 1897
Chiddingly Church ca 1900
by John Swaine		 Chiddingly Church around 1980/1990  by Wilkinson Chiddingly Church in 1828
painted by J Henwood.
Chiddingly Church 1802
by Henry Petrie

This website is maintained by Robin Symington