This is Findon - St. John the Baptist Church in Findon Village, West Sussex, U.K.

THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — these Findon Chronicles are created by Valerie Martin and contain scenes from her home village of Findon,
West Sussex, U.K. Everyday stories about real people.

St. John The Baptist Church

Map reference: TQ 116 085

The 13th century church tower of St. John the Baptist Church in Findon in 1998.

St. John the Baptist Church by Stanley Roy Badmin RWS 1906-1989

This is Findon — the website containing everything you are every likely to want to know about the church in Findon.

Articles in chronological date order —

1053 — A Step Inside

1086 — Woodpecker Hill

1300s — Findon Anchorites

1276/1900s — Memorable Stories of Memorable Vicars

1558 — A Forfeit of Twelve Pence by Censure of the Church

1500s/1827 — Beating the Bounds

Early 1600s — The Old Vicarage in Findon

1676/1725 Richard Woodeson's Findon

1798 — The Sound of Music in Findon

The Lyall Family —

1770s/1805 — The Findon Commuter

1779/1881 — Men of Influence

1795/1865 — The Dreamer and the Artist

John Hind's Life in Findon —

1807/1832 — John Hind and the Carol Singers

1816 — One Thing Leads to Another

1825 — The Blaze That Threatened The Rectory

1830 — Risk of Riots in Findon

1830s — A Tenth Owing to the Vicar

The George Booth Years —

1833 — George Booth Arrives in Findon

1836 — Emigration to Canada

1833/1859 — The Life and Times of George Booth

Robert Cholmeley's (1819-1880) Life in the Village —

1859/1880 — Sawdust or Sweets

1867 — A Year in the Life of Robert Cholmeley

1868 — The Cumbrous Pews of Yesteryear

1870s — A Foggy Day on Findon Downs

1874 — The Findon Love Story - Frank Kilvert (1840-1879)

1890 — Lost Forevermore

1890 And All That

1901 onwards — Brides of Findon

1950s — Eerie Experience at the Church

1998 — The Time Capsule

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THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — was launched by Valerie Martin in January 1999 and will grow to be a historical record of life in Findon, West Sussex, U.K.

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