On a very wet cold and dark December morning myself and Mrs Seatman set out to find the old ruins of Bedham Church. Set deep in West Sussex not far from Pulborough and Petworth Bedham
Church is not that easy to find. To get to Bedham you have to head West
on the A283 out of Pulborough and then look for a small sign on the
right for Bedham Lane. The small track/road to Bedham Church (Bedham
Lane) is narrow and very bumpy and muddy (it was very wet that day) and
if approaching from the south the church is on the right. Lucky its
winter and the trees are bare, if it was the summer the trees would
totally obscure the church and make the task of finding it even more
difficult than what it is. Once we had found the church the next problem
was to find a lay by to park the car in. We managed to park about 100
yards or so from the church and then headed back down the road, and down
the muddy slope to Bedham Church. Bedham Church was built in 1880 and
funded by William Townley Mitford MP for Midhurst as a dual purpose
Church and School House. At one time the Church/School had 60 pupils and
3 Teachers. The Church was finally abandoned in 1959. Given the
remoteness of Bedham Church there is also lack of litter/rubbish and
only a tiny bit of graffiti which can only be good at a lovely old place
like this. If you have the time and can get to Bedham, then this old
church is worth checking out.
