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St Augustine's of Canterbury. Flimwell. East Sussex. TN5 7QP.

** ticehurstandflimwell.church ** Consecrated in 1839, the Parish Church of St Augustine of Canterbury, at Flimwell, was erected on what was then known as the Furzy Fields, and was completed in 1839. The project was made possible by the generosity of four people, who also contributed largely to the original endowment of the benefice. They were RICHARD BURY PALLISER (then owner of Seacox Heath), The Reverend RICHARD WETHERALL of Pashley, GEORGE CAMPION COURTHOPE of Whiligh, And JAMES LAMBERT of Hawkhurst. The building as originally erected was much smaller than it is today, and consisted only of what now constitutes the Nave. The Tower was only a squat, flat-roofed appendage without a spire. lt was from the roof of the Tower that Sir J.F.W. Herschel, the famous astronomer who lived at Hawkhurst, made many of his observations. The shingled Spire was added in 1872 at about the same time that the present Chancel was built. The Tower contains four bells: three were given in 1873 by Mrs Creed, and the fourth (the treble) was added a year later at a cost of £40 which was subscribed by the ringers themselves. In the north-east corner of the Nave stood the capacious curtained pew of Mr Palliser, the squire of Seacox; and underneath was constructed a vault for interment of members of his family. It is in fact still empty, because although a younger son of Mr Palliser was buried in it, his remains were later removed to the Churchyard, where other members of his family lie at rest. The Chancel was restored and beautified in 1916 by Viscount Goschen, then of Seacox, as a memorial to his only son, the Hon. G.J. Goschen of the 5th Buffs Regiment, who was killed that year in Mesopotamia, aged 22 years. The work included a mosaic wall, the erection of a beautiful carved Chancel screen, filling the east window with stained glass, and the construction of a large Vestry. Other stained glass in the Church commemorates his parents, the first Viscount Goschen and his wife Lucy.