Copthorne Parish Church
The mid Victorian parish church of St. John the Evangelist, Copthorne, was built in the 1870’s and was completed by 1877; services were held by special license until 4 August 1881, when the Bishop of Chichester formally consecrated the church. It has an attractive stone exterior, with a red, black & white brick interior. Before that, Copthorne had largely been part of the ancient Anglo-Saxon parish of Worth. The new parish was also carved out of part of the neighbouring new parish of Crawley Down (formed in 1862), and from Burstow and Horne. The population in 1881 was 1,079 (and 1,335 by 1935).
The Surrey/Sussex County boundary still passes through the parish boundary, and there are many old stories of smugglers and bare fist fighters taking advantage of the protection such a position gives from opposing county police forces!
You looking for a standard magnetic 35mm canister.
The cache has a log book only but no pen so please bring one with you.
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