GRINSTEAD (WEST), a parish in the hundred of
WEST-GRINSTEAD, rape of BRAMBER, county of SUSSEX,
7 miles (S.) from Horsham, containing 1229 inhabir
tants.- The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books
at £25. 17. 6. T. Woodward, Esq. was patron in 1807.
The church, dedicated to St. George, has portions in the
early, decorated, and later English styles of architecture.
This place was anciently of considerable note,
and gave name to the hundred. A trifling sum, the
gift of Mr. Dowlin in 1644, is appropriated for the education
of children.