#sussexchurch

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St Denys' Church, Rotherfield by Adam Swaine A large church, the structure of which is mainly C13, though a late C12 north chapel reveals an earlier origin. It was remodelled in the C15 with a tower and a porch. The fittings include wall paintings (possibly C15), a C16 font cover, a magnificent C17 pulpit and Burne-Jones glass. The village on a hill is the centre of a large Wealden parish, from which several others have been formed, including Crowborough. The abbey of St Denis held lands here after the Conquest (Jessup p217), which explains the dedication, though according to legend links go back to the cure in 792 of a Sussex nobleman, Bertwald, after a pilgrimage there https://flic.kr/p/2kDNY3Y