page_title: Westham
section_title: Religious sites
hierarchical_section_title: Westham / Religious sites
caption_attribution_description: English: Westham Church from Pevensey Castle looking west (undated) by Lewis Pinhorn Wood
context_page_description: Westham is a large village civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. The village is adjacent to Pevensey five miles north-east of Eastbourne. The parish consists of three settlements: Westham; Stone Cross; and Hankham. The parish is virtually part of the Greater Eastbourne conurbation, and much expansion has been occurring here: hence the large population.
context_section_description: There are two churches in the civil parish.
  The 11th-century St Mary's church at Westham is reputed to be the first Norman church in England, although the church at Bramber also claims that title. St Mary's is depicted in a number of paintings by the Victorian landscapist Lewis Pinhorn Wood (1848-1918), including 'Westham Church from Pevensey Castle looking West'.
  St Luke's parish church at Stone Cross (also serving the settlement of North Langney) is a more recent building of 1926; it stands at a crossroads near the windmill. The church fell into disrepair during the 1970s and was refurbished and re-opened in 1988. The church hall is a recent addition to the church and was built in 2003. To the front of the church is the war memorial with the names of local people who lost their life during two world wars, whose names are read out during each Remembrance Sunday service.
caption: ‘Westham Church from Pevensey Castle looking west’ by Lewis Pinhorn Wood
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