Slindon, Sussex

Description
Slindon, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands 3 miles NNE of Barnham Junction station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 3 1/4 W by N of Arundel. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Arundel. The parish includes the quondam extra-parochial tract of the Gumber, and comprises 2957 acres; population of the civil parish, 539; of the ecclesiastical, 512. The manor was given by the Saxon king Ceadwalla to the archbishops of Canterbury, and passed to the Kempes. Slindon House was built in the 13th century by one of the archbishops; was the deathplace of Cardinal Langton, was rebuilt in the time of Elizabeth by Sir G. Kempe, passed through various bands, and underwent numerous alterations, and is now the seat of the Leslie family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; gross value, £300 with residence. The church is Early English, was built by Archbishop Anselm, and has been restored. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.