St Michael and All Angels Church Southwick
There has been a church on this site since Saxon times and St. Michael and All Angels is one of the few continuously used churches from that time in the area. Tradition says that the present church is the fourth church on the site. The first church was most probably built of wood. That was superseded by three others; possibly a Saxon stone church; an updating by the Normans of this church (whose nave was destroyed by fire in 1830, leaving the chancel and tower intact) and the 19th century rebuild of the nave. The reality is that the church which is the St. Michael’s of today is a building that has grown and changed over the years. What is certain is that for 1100 years or more there has been a distinctive Christian witness on this site.
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Location: southwick west sussex united kingdom
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