Sullington is a village and former

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, now in the parish of

Storrington and Sullington Storrington and Sullington is the name of a civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The two villages are near the A24 road south of Horsham. The civil parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 6074 people lived in 277 ...

, in the

Horsham Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby ...

district of

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, England. The village lies on the

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west of the A24 road, 20 miles (32 km) south of

. In 1961 the parish had a population of 1354. On 1 April 2003 the parish was abolished and merged with

Storrington Storrington is a small town in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. it has a population of around 4,600 ...

to form "Storrington & Sullington". St Mary's Parish Church nave dates back to Saxon times: the chancel and tower are from the 13th century and the church was restored in 1873. The patronage of the parish rested with the lord of the manor of Sullington until 1938, when Evelyn Palmer ( Lady Caldecott) passed it to the

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. The Victorian rectory (built c1845) was sold off as a private residence and later occupied by the writer

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and the politician

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. The modern rectory is on Washington Road. Sullington Manor, on Sullington Lane, is a Grade II listed former farmhouse. The manor was held by the

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family from the dissolution of the monasteries (1546) until 1789, when it was sold to

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. A feature is Sullington Warren, which is a woodland area popular among visitors to Sullington.

References

External links

Official Storrington & Sullington Parish Council WebsiteCommunity website
Villages in West Sussex Former civil parishes in West Sussex Horsham District {{WestSussex-geo-stub