Staplefield

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 where the 2011 Census population information is included.

Staplefield
St Mark's Church
Staplefield Location within West Sussex
Population	Approx 440[1][failed verification][2]
OS grid reference	TQ276281
Civil parish	Ansty and Staplefield
District	Mid Sussex
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Haywards Heath
Postcode district	RH17
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Mid Sussex
List of places UK England West Sussex 51.0382°N 0.1816°W / 51.0382; -0.1816

The Anglican parish church built in 1847 is dedicated to St. Mark and contains wall paintings by the Victorian stained 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 book God 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. The pubs are adjacent to the village green and cricket pitch.

References

1. Cuckfield Rural CP 2001 Census
2. Cuckfield Rural Parish Plan^{[permanent dead link]}
3. BBC Website

External links

• Photographs of St. Mark’s church
• Staplefield Home Guard Auxiliary Unit