St Botolph's Church, Botolphs

St Botolph's Church
St Botolph's Church from the west
50°52′14″N 0°18′18″W / 50.8704689°N 0.3050819°W / 50.8704689; -0.3050819
Location	Annington Rd, Botolphs, West Sussex, BN44 3WB
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Website	www.3bsparish.co.uk
History
Former name(s)	Church of St Peter de Vetere Ponte
Status	Parish church
Founded	Late 11th century
Dedication	St Botolph
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	15 March 1955
Style	Saxon/Norman
Groundbreaking	Late 11th century
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Chichester
Archdeaconry	Horsham
Deanery	Rural Deanery of Storrington
Parish	Beeding and Bramber with Botolphs

The Grade I listed Saxon church of St Botolph's at Botolphs, West Sussex, England, is situated in the valley of the River Adur and is now part of the Church of England parish of Beeding and Bramber with Botolphs. An earlier dedication to St Peter de Vetere Ponte (St Peter of the Old Bridge) is now lost, like the bridge over the Adur from which it took this ancient name.^[1] The church serves the mostly depopulated hamlet of Botolphs in the Horsham district of West Sussex. The church has fragments of medieval wall paintings. Architectural historian Ian Nairn comments that the Jacobean pulpit is "notable in a county which is poor in 17th century fittings".^[2]