St Andrews Edburton West Sussex
The wonderful old and historical Church of St. Andrews, Edburton, Sussex in its delightful setting on the eastern boundary of West Sussex, about 9 miles from Brighton still welcomes visitors from all over the world. Although its architecture and furnishings are in no way pretentious and not perhaps as grand as some of our other churches, yet there is something delightfully naive about it which attracts so many people. It is said that Princess Edburga, daughter of King Edward the Elder, and a Christian, built the first Saxon Church on the Site where St. Andrews now stands about the year 930 A.D. This original building was overwhelmed by some sort of catastrophe—possibly fire— since we have reason to believe that the present Church dates from about 1180 A.D. Some of the Saxon footings remain and part of the walls are Saxon but the remainder of the fabric dates from the late 12th Century.
