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Buncton. The Grant of part of a Wood in Cealtborgsteal by Ealdwulf, Heretoga of the South Saxons, dated from the Hill of Biohchandoune, A.D. 791, by W. H. Blaauw, F.S.A., published 1856 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 8, article, pp.177-188) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2093] & The Keep [LIB/500227] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Buncton, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.87-88, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

Buncton Chapel, by J. R. Bloxam, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, pp.203-205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Mysteries & Disaster: Buncton Church ten years on, by Robin Milner-Gulland, published December 2014 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 134, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

All Saints' Church (sometimes called 'Chapel'), Buncton, may seem like everyone's favourite Sussex country church. Tantalizingly glimpsed to the north of the A283 between Steyning and Washington, it stands outside any modern village, on a small rise with a fine view of Chanctonbury Hill, accessed by path and footbridge across a ravine. When reached, it seems memorably simple and ancient, its early-Norman origins at once apparent - though this simplicity is somewhat misleading. People behave proprietorially towards it, as if they'd discovered it themselves. But ten years ago, on 10/11th November 2004, someone took advantage of its isolation to deface it in an outrage without equal (so far as I know) in recent times. This article is intended to serve as a reminder of this event - to which you won't find any reference in the church itself - and to draw attention to various mysteries, not wholly unconnected, that the building presents.

Arun Valley and Worthing Out - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C007, CD-ROM)

Amberley, Binstead, Buncton, Burpham, Clapham, Eartham, Ferring, Findon, Goring, Greatham, Houghton (CE and RC), Lyminster, Madehurst, Parham, Patching, Poling, Rustington, Slindon (CE and RC), Sompting, Thakeham, Tortington, Walberton and Washington