Editing Slindon (section)

== History ==
The village is listed in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as "Eslindone", the name having the probable meaning in [[Old English]] of "sloping hill".<ref>Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place Names (Oxford 1991, revised 1996)</ref> The Domesday Book records Slindon as having 35 households, putting it in the top 20% of settlements.<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Domesday: Slindon|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SU9608/slindon/|access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref>

St Mary's 12th-century parish church contains a memorial to [[Stephen Langton]] (c1150&ndash;1228), the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] who attended the signing of [[Magna Carta]] and who died in Slindon.

In the Middle Ages Slindon House (now Slindon College) was the site of one of the Archbishop's residences. In 1330 Thomas de Natindon, who was a legal representative of the Pope, was sent there to serve a writ on the archbishop. His party were not well received by the archbishop's servants who stripped and bound them, then threw cold water over them, apparently with the archbishop's consent. Natindon escaped revenge and was pursued over the hills to [[Petworth]] where he was caught and held in prison for three days.<ref>Peter Jerrome, Petworth. From the beginnings to 1660. The Window Press 2002 p31-32</ref>

The village war memorial was unveiled in 1921, with the names of 14 residents killed in World War I; a further three names were added after World War II.<ref>{{NHLE |desc=Slindon War Memorial |num=1436576 |accessdate=21 December 2018}}</ref>

The writer [[Hilaire Belloc]] (1870&ndash;1953) lived in the village.

In the mid-18th century, [[Slindon Cricket Club]] achieved fame through the excellence of its team which featured [[Richard Newland (cricketer)|Richard Newland]] (1713–1778).

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