Warnham (St. Margaret)

WARNHAM (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horsham, hundred of Singlecross, rape of Bramber, W. division of Sussex, 2 miles (N. N. W.) from Horsham; containing 1007 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the county of Surrey, and comprises by computation 4100a. 3r., of which 495 acres are coppice; the surface is diversified with hill and dale, and enriched with wood. Near Warnham Mill is a sheet of water covering about 100 acres. Warnham Court is a spacious mansion in the Elizabethan style, on an elevated site commanding extensive views. On Oldhouse farm is a large quarry of stone much used for paving. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £10. 1. 0½.; net income, £191; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church is an ancient structure, containing in the north chancel the effigies of Sir John Caryll and his lady, with their children. Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, was born at Field Place here, the residence of Sir Timothy Shelley, Bart.