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Church in the Wood, Hollington

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36: 618: 474: 434: 523: 490:, a nearby mansion, wanted the church to be closed and a replacement built nearer his land, but parishioners demanded that the ancient church be repaired instead. Work started in 1847 and continued for nearly 20 years: the church closed for a time in 1861 while repairs were made, then Matilda Dampner paid for a complete restoration in 1865 to commemorate her parents. The church closed again while this was carried out, and reopened in 1866. The renovation was so substantial that it gave the church a mostly Victorian appearance, and only a few fragments of 674: 642:
A description from 1874 stated simply that "the Church is picturesquely situated in the heart of a romantic wood, having no hut or house of any kind within a quarter of a mile". Diplock's Hastings Guidebook of 1845 stated "t is the singularity of situation, more than anything in the building itself, that generally attracts visitors ... it looks as if having been forsaken by all human visitants, a thicket had grown up and enclosed it like the Castle of the
514:. The expansion of the 1920s and 1930s had been driven by council housing, and in 1962 the council proposed to continue and extend this scheme by demolishing much of the old village and laying out a large housing estate. More private and council housing has since been added, and Hollington has now lost its rural setting. The ancient woodland around the church has been preserved, though, and is one of six nature reserves in the borough of Hastings. 641:
Nationally known and local writers have frequently remarked on the solitude and visual appeal of Church in the Wood. A description of 1777 noted that although "the graveyard now contains many handsome monuments ... it still retains something of the sequestered situation ... in the middle of a wood".
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The church continued to serve the parish despite its isolation, but it declined into a poor structural state by the mid-19th century: in 1834 it was described as "in such a general state of decay as to make any attempt to repair it inadvisable". Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb (no relation to the writer
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ordered a census of all places of worship for taxation purposes in 1291. (Wilting's probably disappeared in the early 12th century, although a field and a wood in the area still bear the chapel's name.) A suggested reason for the isolation of the chapel—which was about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from
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and the builders. Every night, the work carried out the previous day would be destroyed and the materials taken away. A voice spoke to the builders, claiming that the site belonged to the Devil and demanding the church be built elsewhere. The church was successfully rebuilt on a new site to the
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came about over the course of many years by mistaken association with a former church of that dedication. In 1291, a St Leonard's Church was one of seven medieval churches recorded in Hastings, along with St Margaret's, St Michael's, St Peter's, St Andrew's, St Clement's and All Saints. Only the
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was attributed to a former vicar of the church in 1488. It is said that he was robbed by three men while on his way to conduct a service, and had his tongue and eyes cut out to stop him recognising or describing the robbers. His sight and speech were purportedly restored in time for him to give
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The best thing I hit upon was a small country Church (by whom or when built unknown), standing bare and single in the midst of a grove, with no house or appearance of habitation within a quarter of a mile, only passages diverging from it through beautiful woods, to so many farm houses. There it
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Hollington grew substantially in the 19th and 20th centuries, in line with the rest of Hastings. The population was 338 in 1831, 3,677 in 1931 and about 7,500 in 1939. Nevertheless, it retained its village character until the 1960s, when the borough council selected it as the site for a large
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Church in the Wood's parish was reduced in size in 1870 when some of its territory was given to the newly built St John the Evangelist's Church. Hollington became part of the Borough of Hastings in 1897. After this, little change occurred in the church itself, although a
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of Church in the Wood defines its present appearance. The only surviving work from the medieval era is in the west and north walls of the nave and in the tower, where some stonework, timbers and an ancient bell survive. The church is built of stone
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origins. There were two other places of worship in the parish at the time—a church in the manor of Filsham, and another chapel at Wilting. Filsham was the more important manor, but its church (and the chapel at Wilting) had disappeared by the time
462:. Gradually over the next 150 years, the name "St Leonard's Church" began to be applied to it; the first record of this was in 1712. From the mid-19th century, the epithet "Church in the Wood" gained popularity after James Burton founded 506:. The churchyard is large and has been used for centuries—the first recorded burial took place in 1606, and the oldest surviving gravestone dates from 1678—and it is the last remaining private burial ground in the Borough of Hastings. 1736: 441:
The chapel is known to have been replaced by a church in the mid-13th century. The first mention of a vicar was in 1288, but the first whose name has been recorded was John de Levenyngton, who moved to All Saints Church in
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There is one service every Sunday at 10.30am at Church in the Wood and one every Sunday at 9.30am at St Anne's Church, except in months with five Sundays; on these occasions, the churches hold a joint service.
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west of the Battle Road. The approximate boundaries of the parish are Battle Road, between the borough boundary in the north and Hollington Old Lane; the residential streets between Hollington and neighbouring
329:-style building its present appearance, but some medieval work remains. Legends and miraculous events have been associated with the church, and its secluded situation has been praised by writers including 430:, who abandoned Hollington's manor house and the surrounding area because they were superfluous. The chapel, standing nearby, was then the only building still in use, and a wood grew up around it. 2263: 1781: 1761: 467: 630:
Devil's liking, and a wood grew around it to conceal it (either from the Devil's influence or to hide it from the parishioners). The legend probably dates from the Middle Ages.
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to it in 1873. Faith and Hope are depicted in an 1886 window in the south side, and Charity is shown in a north-wall window of 1875. These were probably by the
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The location of Church in the Wood is explained by a story (also attributed in various forms to other churches in Sussex) involving a battle between
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was built at the entrance to the churchyard in 1937, general repairs were made in 1964 and an extension was added in 1977 to form a parish room and
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stands, like the first idea of a Church, before parishioners were thought of, nothing but birds for its congregation...
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the nearest house until after World War II—was that the ownership of the manor transferred at an early date to the
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The parish of St Leonard includes a second Anglican church—the modern St Anne's Church on Chambers Road (at
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last two survive in the 21st century, and St Leonard's Church—situated near Norman Road in present-day
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written in 1139 states that one existed on the present site in 1090, suggesting possible pre-
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railway stations (including some of the rural land west of it); and Breadsell Lane.
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The chancel is lower than the nave, and the tower has a tiled pyramidal cap.
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No chapel or church was mentioned in the Domesday survey, but the will of a
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Church in the Wood's seclusion has given rise to stories and legends.
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in the centre of his St Leonards-on-Sea resort and a second church (
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wrote the best-known description after visiting Hastings in 1823:
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and village (a scattered, mostly rural settlement rather than a
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1217: 1213: 1208: 1205: 1192: 1188: 1182: 1179: 1176:, p. 33. 1175: 1170: 1167: 1164:, p. 34. 1163: 1158: 1155: 1142: 1138: 1134: 1127: 1125: 1123: 1121: 1119: 1115: 1111: 1106: 1103: 1100:, p. 86. 1099: 1094: 1091: 1087: 1082: 1080: 1076: 1072: 1067: 1064: 1051: 1047: 1040: 1038: 1036: 1032: 1028: 1023: 1021: 1017: 1013: 1008: 1006: 1002: 999:, p. 85. 998: 993: 991: 989: 987: 983: 979: 974: 971: 967: 962: 959: 955: 950: 947: 935: 934: 929: 925: 919: 917: 915: 913: 911: 909: 907: 905: 903: 901: 897: 893: 888: 885: 882:, p. 84. 881: 876: 873: 869: 864: 862: 858: 854: 853:Thornton 1987 849: 847: 845: 843: 841: 837: 834:, p. 81. 833: 828: 825: 822:, p. 82. 821: 816: 813: 809: 804: 802: 800: 796: 792: 791:Thornton 1987 787: 785: 783: 779: 772: 767: 763: 760: 759: 755: 753: 749: 747: 743: 739: 735: 730: 726: 722: 716: 686: 684: 675: 668: 662: 656: 651: 649: 645: 639: 636: 631: 628: 619: 612: 610: 608: 604: 600: 599:stained glass 596: 592: 588: 584: 580: 575: 573: 569: 565: 561: 557: 553: 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50°52′27″N 0°32′17″E / 50.8743°N 0.5380°E / 50.8743; 0.5380
Hollington
Hastings
East Sussex
United Kingdom
Denomination
Church of England
www.stleonardsandstannes.org.uk
Parish church
Dedication
St Leonard
Grade II
Style
Early English Gothic
Province
Canterbury
Diocese
Chichester
Archdeaconry
Hastings
Deanery
Rural Deanery of Hastings
Parish
Anglican
Hollington
borough
Hastings
East Sussex
Restoration

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