The Parish Church
Holy Innocents Anglican church is the first Parish Church in the village of Southwater set in fields. The Church was consecrated by Ashurst Turner Gilbert, Bishop of Chichester, on 7 June 1850, and the parish was formed from part of Horsham Parish in the north and part of Shipley Parish in the south.
| Itchingfield Slinfold Broadbridge Heath |
Horsham | Mannings Heath | ||
| Barns Green, Itchingfield civil parish | Nuthurst | |||
| Southwater | ||||
| Shipley | Dial Post, West Grinstead | Copsale and Maplehurst, Cowfold civil parish |
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