Staplefield
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Staplefield is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the Mid Sussex
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....

 District of West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...

, England
England
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 located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north west of Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath
-Climate:Haywards Heath experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Rail:Haywards Heath railway station is a major station on the Brighton Main Line...

 on the B2114 road. It is part of Ansty and Staplefield civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

.

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 is NOT named in honour of Catherine Matcham, the favourite sister of Admiral Horatio Nelson, who lived in nearby Slaugham
Slaugham
Slaugham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It is located seven miles to the south of Crawley, on the A23 road to Brighton...

 but after a legal victory. The pub sign shows a picture of a judge and a document inside the pub shows details of the case. There is a large village green and cricket pitch.

In 1994, Reverend Anthony Freeman, Vicar of St. Mark's was sacked by the Bishop of Chichester
Bishop of Chichester
The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...

 when he famously claimed that he didn't believe in God 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
Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi
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lives in Staplefield.

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