Slaugham is a village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the Mid Sussex District

Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex is a local government district in the English county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill....

 of West Sussex

West Sussex

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, England

England

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. It is located seven miles (11 km) to the south of Crawley

Crawley

Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the 2001 Census.The area has...

, on the A23 road

A23 road

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 to Brighton

Brighton

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. The civil parish covers an area of 2432 hectares (6007 acres) and has a population of 2226 persons living in 943 of whom 1174 were economically active (2001 census).

The parish also contains the settlements of Pease Pottage

Pease Pottage

Pease Pottage is a small village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the southern edge of the Crawley built up area, in the civil parish of Slaugham....

, Handcross

Handcross

Handcross is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A23 road 4.2 miles south of Crawley.Nymans Garden, of parklands run by the National Trust, is near to Handcross, as are of woodland and water gardens at High Beeches Garden.Handcross has two public houses,...

 and Warninglid

Warninglid

Warninglid is a small village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2115 road west of Haywards Heath. The name Warninglid is believed to originate from two words meaning "Werna's Path"....

, in addition to Slaugham itself. St Mary's Church

St Mary's Church, Slaugham

St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Slaugham in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex...

, a Grade II* listed building dating mostly from the 12th and 13th centuries and situated opposite Slaugham's village green, serves all four villages.

External links

• St Mary's Church