Findon is an attractive village with a number of elegant Georgian houses clustered around the village green. Findon is home to a popular sheep fair which dates back to the 13th century. The fair takes place in September and sees up to 20,000 sheep change hands each year.
The parish church of St. John The Baptist dates to at least the 13th century, though there may be Saxon work in the lower part of the tower. Certainly, there was a church here in 1053. The font is a carved bowl shape, probably dating to the 12th century. A brass memorial tablet to Gilbert Le Freynsh (d. 1374) is set in the chancel floor.
The church stands apart from the village in the grounds of Findon Place, an 18th-century mansion built by John Cheale, the Norroy King at Arms.
On the hill above Findon is Cissbury Ring, the second-largest Iron Age hillfort in England, after Maiden Castle in Dorset. The site was inhabited as early as 4000 BCE, and there was a sizeable community here by the 3rd century BCE.
About Findon
Address: Findon,
West Sussex,
England
Attraction Type: Village
Location: On the A24 3 miles north of Worthing
Location map
OS: TQ 116 085
Photo Credit: Chris Thomas-Atkin, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence
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