Nuthurst, Sussex

Description
Nuthurst, a parish in Sussex. It consists of a series of small hamlets scattered along 8 miles of the straggling and narrow parish. The parish church stands in the centre of the parish, 4 1/2 miles from Horsham station on the L.B. & S.C.R. The hamlets are known as Manning's Heath, Monksgate, The Street, Maplehurst, and Copsale. The post office, under Horsham, is at Manning's Heath; telegraph office, Lower Beeding. Acreage, 3510; population of the civil parish, 853; of the ecclesiastical, 814. There is a parish council consisting of nine members, including the chairman. The parish is fast becoming residential, and the farms are disappearing as residences are being built. The neighbourhood is noted for the beauty of the scenery, and the church is considered most picturesque. Sedgwick Park is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £160 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is Early Decorated English; comprises nave and chancel, with porch and shingle spire; has a beautiful carved oak roof and some handsome stained glass windows, and contains a very ancient, octagonal, Purbeck marble font. There are mission churches at Manning's Heath and Copsale, a Wesleyan chapel at Manning's Heath,, and a Congregational chapel at Maplehurst.