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Multi-periodSite Name: St George's Church (Eastergate)Country: England County: West Sussex Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Chichester Nearest Village: Eastergate
Map Ref: SU9451605098
Latitude: 50.837703N Longitude: 0.659095W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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This site was drawn to my attention by contributor MartinW, who tells us: "I am certain the tower has Roman bricks in it. Probably from an earlier Roman temple. There is a mound in a corner of the churchyard that might be an old refuse heap but equally may be a burial mound the Christians decided to leave alone."
The church itself is very old, probably with Saxon origins. See Wikipedia: St George's Church, Eastergate, which adds: "There is historic and structural evidence of a Saxon place of worship on the site, and some 11th-century work survives in the chancel, but the present appearance of the church is mostly 13th-century. It was then restored in the Victorian era, and some further rebuilding work was undertaken in the 20th century ..... The present building was started around the time of the Norman conquest of England. Several church historians have come to different conclusions about its origins: it has been suggested that the chancel is Saxon, that the whole building is the one recorded in the Domesday Book, that it is "possibly pre-Conquest", or that (per Gerard Baldwin Brown) it dates from "within 50 years of the Norman conquest" and lacks any "distinctive Saxon features". An ancient surviving feature is the herringbone pattern masonry in the south wall of the chancel: this extends to about 8 square inches (52 cm2) and is up to 2 inches (5.1 cm) thick. Some more herringbone brickwork, now covered up, exists in the south wall of the nave. Much Roman brickwork has been reused, both in the herringbone work and in the form of a 18-by-2-inch (45.7 cm × 5.1 cm) course of long bricks in the south wall of the chancel."
The church is also listed as Historic England List ID 1233516, "The Parish Church of St George", which gives very basis information: "Chancel, nave with shingled bell-turret at west end and north vestry. Largely Norman, much restored with later windows. Vestry C19."
The HE entry includes a reference to Barnham and Eastergate Council, "St George’s Church, Reverend Yoward and the Knight Family".
I have not yet been able to find any mention of a mound in the corner of the churchyard, although given the age of the site, it is entirely possible it may be a burial mound - does anyone have any information about this, please?
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