Grid reference TQ1605
near to Sompting, West Sussex, England
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St Mary’s Church, Sompting, West Sussex
Just off the A27 dual carriageway to the east of Worthing, St Mary’s Church has a Saxon Tower. The spire is the earliest example of a ‘Rhenish helm’ in England.
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Sompting Fields and Church
Looking North into the heart of this gridsquare, with ancient Sompting Church and Sompting Abbots school just visible across the A27.
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A27, eastbound
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Marquis of Granby public house, Sompting
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Approaching the junction of Dankton Gardens and Kelso Close
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Public Footpath 2072
Linking Church lane to Upper Brighton Road, the A27, following the southern boundary of Sompting Abbotts School.
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Church Lane, Sompting Abbotts
Church Lane off the A27 (eastbound) that goes over the downs to Steyning. A narrow but picturesque country lane alternative compared to the A283.
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Sompting - St Mary's - Carved grotesque head
This corbel carved as a "grotesque head" is dated to the C12th and can be found supporting a roof rib on the eastern wall of the North Transept of St Mary's church in Sompting.
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Footpath 2070 crossing Sompting Recreation Ground
Sompting Abbotts school can be viewed in the distance.
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The Grove
The name of the field according to Sompting's 1840 tithe map located to the immediate west of Sompting church.
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Path, St Mary's Church, Sompting
Old gravestones have been used to line the edge of the path from the lych gate to the porch.
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Looking from Dankton Lane into Upper Brighton Road
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