Rectory Lane (off B2135) West Grinstead Horsham
01403 713196
http://westgrinstead.org

St. George's has stood as the parish church for West Grinstead for nigh on a thousand years.  Despite many historic changes, the faith of the gospels and the loving purposes of God have been proclaimed here through bad times and through good.  Today St. George's serves a committed congregation drawn from within and beyond the parish of West Grinstead.  Mission and outreach are central to its spiritual life.   Visitors and new residents alike will be warmly welcomed into our caring community.   Worship is according to the Book of Common Prayer and we are glad to provide a traditional form of service for those who seek it.  The church has a long musical tradition dating back to the 18th century and it is well known for its bell-ringing.

The church stands on the north bank of the River Adur which has channelled worshippers and pilgrims here through the centuries. The traditions of St. George's are rooted in agriculture, Wealden forestry, and the iron industry.   Wealdsmen and women, their families, farmers, traders, Knights Templar, parliamentarians, royalists, Victorian navigators, craftsmen and literary folk have all offered their prayers here.    Here we may picture Farmer Ledlow, late at plough, stooped in the ancient oak benches making his humble confession to almighty God.  The exterior of this fine church, with its low Horsham slab roof and shingled spire, is redolent with peace and tranquility. Inside you will find a beauty and prayer worn history as rich as any in the district.   For a small church St. George's contains an exceptional array of memorials including ones by Flaxman and Rysbrach.   There are two fine mediaeval brasses to the Halsham family, Victorian windows by Kempe, an eighteenth century chamber organ by G.P. England and what is believed to be the oldest surviving organ by Forster and Andrews.  Students of architectural history will find the interior layout of the church something of a puzzle, with its internal tower buttresses and corbels, the font standing beside the south door, right away away from the main entrance, and the remarkable opening panel in the ceiling over the altar.   This seems related to the elevation of the Pyx, going back to penal times when, despite the great risk, local Roman Catholic recusant families continued to use St. George's for their masses.

The six bells at St George's Church were originally made by Mears & Stainbank of the renowned Whitechapel Foundry in London. They were re-cast and re-hung in 1910 by Gillett & Johnstone of Croydon using the same original bells. Tuned in the key of G Sharp, the bells are very bright and tuneful, the lightest being about 2cwt. and the heaviest 8cwt. and having long ropes they are reputed to be ‘difficult to ring‘! Apart from routine maintenance they are still the original bells which says much for the founders' skill and are rung every week for services and for special occasions.

 St. George's church serves the whole parish of West Grinstead which includes Dial Post, Littleworth and Partridge Green.  In the 1890s a fine daughter church was opened in Partridge Green village to cater for the growing population, stimulated by the arrival of the railway. This church is dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels. 

More information is available on our Parish Website at  http://westgrinstead.org

Church Lane Partridge Green Horsham
01403 713196
http://westgrinstead.org

St Michael's & All Angels is to be found in the growing West Sussex village of Partridge Green. It follows and proclaims God's love in the more modern Common Worship services.

Here, at St Michael's church, you will find a very warm welcome amongst our regular congregation of young and older folk meeting weekly to worship in this well built, lively Victorian church. The style of worship is both modern and relaxed but traditional prayer and music are valued too. St Michael's, which stands alongside our modern Church Room, holds mission and outreach as central to its spiritual life. It fosters Christian activities for children and young people as well as young families, people with busy lives and those who are retired.

St Michael's centres its worshipping life on all ages, the centrepiece being the Eucharist every Sunday morning, and with a monthly Family service, called "Breakfast Church". This leads to support for each other in our many varied activities and in the deepening of our faith. We endeavour to be a caring community in supporting those less fortunate than ourselves both locally and overseas.

We aim in the coming years to strengthen our prayer life and from that to improve the quality of our support for each other and those with whom we have contact. It would be fair to summarise the life of St Michael's as being one based on the ideal of building relationships in Christ at whatever level and age group.

Partridge Green lies within the parish of West Grinstead and members of St Michael's church regularly join with the congregation of St George's Parish Church (BCP) for various activities such as our Lent Lunches, Holy Week special services, Harvest Festival and Parish Weekend.

More information is available on the Parish Website at www.westgrinstead.org

Worthing Road, Dial Post, RH13 8NH
(01403) 710902
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(01403) 710250
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(01403) 710391

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Littleworth Lane, Littleworth, RH13 8EJ
(01403) 710308
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