St Stephens Church, Hammerwood, Sussex, UK Stock Photography

The scattered community lies near the Surrey border north east of East Grinstead and until 1880 was mostly in that parish, though when it was separated, a part of the parish of Hartfield was added. The church was started in 1878 and was completed two years later at a cost of between £5000 and £6000 . A tablet inside records that Oswald Augustine Smith, a banker who lived at Hammerwood Park, met all costs, including the vicarage and an endowment.