English Heritage sites near Poynings Parish
BRAMBER CASTLE
5 miles from Poynings Parish
The remains of a Norman castle on the banks of the River Adur, founded by William de Braose soon after the Norman Conquest.
BOXGROVE PRIORY
22 miles from Poynings Parish
The guest house and other remains of a Benedictine priory: much of the fine 12th to 14th century monastic church survives as the parish church.
PEVENSEY CASTLE
25 miles from Poynings Parish
With a history stretching back over 16 centuries, Pevensey Castle chronicles more graphically than any other fortress the story of Britain's south coast defences.
BAYHAM OLD ABBEY
28 miles from Poynings Parish
Bayham Abbey makes a fascinating day out on the Kent Sussex border. The impressive ruins include much of the 13th to 15th-century church, the chapter house, and a picturesque 14th-century gatehouse.
1066 BATTLE OF HASTINGS, ABBEY AND BATTLEFIELD
30 miles from Poynings Parish
For a memorable family day out in Sussex visit Battle Abbey, the site of the 1066 Battle of Hastings. An enjoyable way to discover more about the most famous date in English history.
WAVERLEY ABBEY
32 miles from Poynings Parish
Fragments of the church and monastic buildings of the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128.
Churches in Poynings Parish
Holy Trinity, Poynings - in the Mid Downland Parish
The Street
Poynings
Brighton
01273857456
http://www.downlandchurches.co.uk/Poynings-Church.html
Welcome to the Churches of the Mid Downland Parish.
Nestling behind the South Downs, our four churches all date back to the 13th century or beyond, and are a joy to visit - places of calm and quiet in a busy world. Yet the buildings are not our only treasure.
The Mid Downland Churches are places where you will find a worshipping congregation that is warm and welcoming, and worship that is straightforward but uplifting.
Whether you are interested in the history of our lovely churches, planning a wedding or looking for a place of worship, we can guarantee a warm welcome.
Holy Trinity, Poynings dates from the fourteenth century, although there was almost certainly a Saxon place of worship on the site as well as a Norman church which was noted in the Doomsday Survey of 1087, and stood for 300 years. This was a rectangular windowless stone building and the tiles at the base of the altar of the current church are from this Norman building.
The church we see today dates from shortly after 1369, when the then Lord of the Manor - Michael of Poynings - died at the age of 51, and left some money for a new church to be built on the site of this existing Norman Church. The building was supervised by Michael's eldest son Thomas.
Pubs in Poynings Parish
Brighton & Hove Golf Club
Devils Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 8YL
(01273) 556482
brightongolf.co.uk/
Royal Oak
The Street, Poynings, BN45 7AQ
(01273) 857389
royaloakpoynings.pub