Churches - Bevendean History Project
Rebuilding of Falmer Church in 1815
Frederick Jones rebuilding Falmer Church
Frederick Jones of East Hoathly (1842-1931) was an estate servant working for Lord Pelham.
Transcription of text from one of his notebooks.
Falmer Church was rebuilt by the liberal encouragement and aid of the Earl of Chichester on the foundations of the former one excepting about eight feet extended to the Eastward with the addition of the tower to the west.
The South Front and entrance to the old Church is now thrown into giving a considerable space to the Church Yard.
To defray the charge of the building Lord Chichester engaged to pull down, rebuild and complete the present one on the agreement of the parish to pay £300 a part of which he also contributed from land held by himself in the parish of Falmer.
The above £300 was repaid by special church rate in 14 years. The first stone was laid by Henry Thomas Lord Pelham who was then 11 years old on May 1, 1815 and was opened for Divine Service on December 24, 1815.
Richard Hart was the Churchwarden, Revd. Thomas Baker was the Vicar.
He lived at Stanmer in the house were my early days were passed.
Frederick Jones of East Hoathly (1842-1931) was an estate servant working for Lord Pelham.
Transcription of text from one of his notebooks.
Falmer Church was rebuilt by the liberal encouragement and aid of the Earl of Chichester on the foundations of the former one excepting about eight feet extended to the Eastward with the addition of the tower to the west.
The South Front and entrance to the old Church is now thrown into giving a considerable space to the Church Yard.
To defray the charge of the building Lord Chichester engaged to pull down, rebuild and complete the present one on the agreement of the parish to pay £300 a part of which he also contributed from land held by himself in the parish of Falmer.
The above £300 was repaid by special church rate in 14 years. The first stone was laid by Henry Thomas Lord Pelham who was then 11 years old on May 1, 1815 and was opened for Divine Service on December 24, 1815.
Richard Hart was the Churchwarden, Revd. Thomas Baker was the Vicar.
He lived at Stanmer in the house were my early days were passed.
