Staplefield

infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption= St. Mark's Church
latitude= 51.03823
longitude= -0.18124
official_name = Staplefield
population = <1574 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=800505&c=RH17+6ET&d=16&e=15&g=496801&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1216733863359&enc=1&dsFamilyId=781 Cuckfield Rural CP 2001 Census] ]
civil_parish= Cuckfield Rural
shire_district= Mid Sussex
shire_county= West Sussex
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Horsham
post_town=
postcode_district =
postcode_area=
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= TQ276281

Staplefield is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England located 6 kilometres (4 miles) north west of Haywards Heath on the B2114 road. It is part of Cuckfield Rural civil parish.

The Anglican parish church built in 1847 is dedicated to St. Mark and the Roman Catholic church to Our Lady of Fatima. There are two pubs, the "Jolly Tanners" and the "Victory", the latter named in honour of Catherine Matcham, the favourite sister of Admiral Horatio Nelson, who lived in nearby Slaugham. There is a large village green and cricket pitch.

In 1994, Rvd Anthony Freeman, Vicar of St. Mark's was sacked by the Bishop of Chichester when he famously claimed that he didn't believe in God [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/393479.stm BBC Website] ] and published his book "God in Us: A Case for Christian Humanism". He is currently managing editor of The Journal of Consciousness Studies.

Baron Saatchi lives in Staplefield with his wife Josephine Hart

References

External links

* [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/WestSussex/Cuckfield/StaplefieldStMark2004.htm Photographs of St. Mark’s church]
* [http://www.st-marks.w-sussex.sch.uk/welcome.htm St. Mark's Primary School]
* [http://www.staplefieldanorak.co.uk/ Weather analysis and predictions for Staplefield]
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/s/stapliefield_au_hide/index.shtml Staplefield Home Guard Auxiliary Unit]