Leaving the Chancel, we now move into the north aisle of 1846 and its enlargement in 1878. The walls and roof obviously date from this time along with the pews when the Church was equipped throughout with new ones. Some of the former pews had the names of the main occupier carved at the end and fortunately, when the changeover took place, someone had the bright idea of lining the walls of the new Priest's vestry with the panels bearing the names. This provided a useful memorial to those parishioners who lived in the period 1710/1720.

The large east-facing window became a memorial window to the Blencowe and Tillard families. They lived at the Hooke in South Chailey and were patrons of the Living and still are. You will notice alongside it the modern list of Rectors of the Parish going back to Robert de Purleigh in 1256. Many of those clergy are buried in the Churchyard, and from the 16th century onwards when Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages had to be kept, their names appear in those registers.

You will notice in the north-east corner of the aisle a candle. When lit this indicated that the Reserved Sacrament of Bread and Wine was kept in the small safe beside it in the east wall.  The door of the safe (Aumbry) bears the keys, the emblem of St Peter. This is a modern addition, dating from 1979 when the Memorial Chapel was installed using an oak screen that came from the redundant Church of St.James, Camberwell, London. In earlier years the sacrament was reserved, in a tabernacle, part of a wooden screen that stood behind the altar in the sanctuary. It was removed shortly after the war of 1939/45.

As we move now to the west end of the nave, we pass the two Vestries. The smaller one is the Priest's Vestry, the larger one for the Choir . The Choir Vestry was open to the Church, but a legacy from a former Churchwarden, Major Cyril Reed Peckitt was used to enclose it with an oak and glass screen in 1977.