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in 1831 made the plans and loaned the money for work to the church: a north aisle was built, two galleries, erected in the 17th century, were replaced by a single west gallery, and the low pyramidal spire on the tower was replaced by battlements. There was restoration in 1892–93 by
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There are monuments in the church to the Burrell family, and in the south of the chancel an alabaster monument of 1616 to Sir Thomas Caryll and his family, restored about 1831 by the sculptor
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is buried in the churchyard, and is commemorated by a slate tablet on the south wall of the nave. In the north aisle is a tablet in memory of the German singer
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A P Baggs, C R J Currie, C R Elrington, S M Keeling and A M Rowland, 'Shipley: Manors and other estates', in
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A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2, Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) Including Horsham
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A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2, Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) Including Horsham
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A P Baggs, C R J Currie, C R Elrington, S M Keeling and A M Rowland, 'Shipley: Church', in
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There was a church here by around 1080, but no details are known.
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The nave, looking through the tower arches towards the chancel
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for interior details. It has an axial tower, with the
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50°59′03.48″N 0°22′12.97″W / 50.9843000°N 0.3702694°W / 50.9843000; -0.3702694
OS grid reference
TQ 144 218
Shipley, West Sussex
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
St Mary the Virgin
Diocese
Chichester
Anglican
Shipley
West Sussex
Diocese of Chichester
Knights Templar
listed building
Philip de Harcourt
Knights Templar
Shipley Preceptory
the suppression of the Templars
Knights Hospitaller

Victoria County History
Caen stone
chancel
nave
Sir Charles Burrell
J. L. Pearson

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