Timothy Shelley gent, ob.
1731; John Mitchell gent. 1711: John Shelley esq. 1799; Mary his wife
1759: Edward Shelley esq., of Field place 1747. The centre chancel,
formerly belonging to the appropriation, is at present, in conjunction
with the other two, the property of Sir Timothy Shelley Bart. In the
body of the church are slabs to Samuel Shuckford, 45 years vicar of
Warnham and Eartham, Ann his widow, and Matthew Napper gent. In the
pavement of the south aisle, the side of an altar tomb, adorned with
shields and quatrefoils, and apparently of the time of Edward I, may be
discerned: the font is square, and of the same date; the pulpit stands
upon a basement of brick, which gives it a particularly singular
appearance: the neat embattled tower contains five bells, and is of later
construction than the rest of the building.

[Picture: Monument of Sir John Caryl]

Warnham Court, a handsome mansion in the style of Elizabeth, and a very
striking feature of the surrounding country, was erected about three
years since, by Henry Tredcroft esq.: the house contains about 50
apartments, and is built of brick faced with stone: the grounds are
tastefully arranged, and the park, though so recently laid out, assumes a
beautiful and verdant appearance.

[Picture: Warnham Court]

To the south of Warnham, is Field Place, the residence for several
centuries of the family of Mitchell. The only daughter of the Rev.
Theobald Mitchell, married the late Sir Bysshe Shelley, by whose son Sir
Timothy, it is now possessed. Percy Bysshe Shelley, the celebrated poet
and friend of Byron, was born here: a brief but interesting account of
his life, may be found in Horsefield's "History of Sussex" vol. 2nd.
under the description of Warnham.

[Picture: Field place]

To the east of Horsham, is a tract of land, containing between eight and
nine thousand acres, called St. Leonard's forest: although its nearest
point is seven miles from the upper part of Beeding, it is within the
limits of that parish: the chief part of the soil is poor, it contained
considerable quantities of iron stone, which was smelted, but as the
timber became exhausted, the smelting of the iron has been long
discontinued, and nothing remains to denote the former manufactory of
cast iron, but several large ponds in various parts of the forest, still
called Hammer ponds.

This forest has ever been the sub