Glynde and Beddingham

Infobox UK place
official_name=Glynde and Beddingham
country=England
region=South East England
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static_image_caption=
area_footnotes=-inc Tarring Nevillecite web |url=http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/ |title=East Sussex in Figures |accessdate=2008-04-26 |publisher=East Sussex County Council]
area_total_km2 =25.4
population=555 (Parish-2007)
"includes Tarring Neville"
population_density= Pop density mi2 to km2|56|precision=0|abbr=yes
os_grid_reference=TQ456089
latitude=50.86
longitude=0.07
post_town=LEWES
postcode_area=BN
postcode_district=BN8
dial_code=01273
constituency_westminster=Lewes
london_distance=convert|45|mi N
shire_district=Lewes
shire_county=East Sussex
website= [http://www.thelocalchannel.co.uk/Glynde/home.aspx Glynde and Beddingham]

Glynde and Beddingham is a civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex.

Glynde

Beddingham

Beddingham lies on the Eastbourne to Lewes A-Road just outside Lewes, East Sussex, in the United Kingdom. Major roadworks started in October 2006 (and were due to last for 90-weeks) to improve the flow of traffic along the A27 on the section that carries A26 traffic between Beddingham and Lewes.

This rural village has been here since Saxon times, with its church originally of wood. The Normans created its modern construction in local flint from the South Downs. The parish of Beddingham was joined with that of Glynde shortly after the Second World War, to make the combined parish of Glynde and Beddingham. [Hampden. A., 1997: A glimpse of Glynde. The Book Guild. pp2,89]

The area was settled in pre-Roman times with many tumuli in the surrounding hills originating in the Iron Age.

Just to the north west of the village lies Mount Caburn at convert|480|ft|m|abbr=on high.

Beddingham Roman villa

The villa at Beddingham was excavated by David Rudling between 1987 and 1992. Construction began in the late first century AD, and the villa was occupied until the mid fourth-century. There was a wooden roundhouse built originally (around 50 AD) before Roman construction began towards the end of the century. [Russell, M., 2006: Roman Sussex. Tempus. p166-169]

When the Saxons came, one of the buildings on the site was hollowed out, presumably to be used as a Sunken Feature Building (Grubenhaus). It is interesting that the fill of the cut contains a mix of Late Roman and Early Saxon pottery, suggesting some degree of continuity of settlement. [Russell, M., 2006: Roman Sussex. Tempus. p205]

Landmarks

There are five Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within the parish. Firle Escarpment, [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1000986 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Firle Escarpment) |accessdate=2008-05-25|publisher=English Nature] which extends into the neighbouring parish of Firle. Another site, completely within the parish is Asham Quarry [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1006670 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Asham Quarry) |accessdate=2008-05-25|publisher=English Nature] which is of geological interest due to its stratigraphy of Devensian and Flandrian deposits.

Southerham Grey Pit and Southerham Machine Bottom Pit are two more SSSIs of geological interest within the parish. These sites are disused chalk pits which display a wide variety of fossilised fish remains. [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=2000277 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Southerham Machines Bottom Pit)|accessdate=2008-10-05|publisher=English Nature] [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=2000061 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Southerham Works pit)|accessdate=2008-10-05|publisher=English Nature] The final SSSI is Lewes Downs, a site of biological interest, which is an isolated area of the South Downs. [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1002952 |title=Natural England - SSSI|accessdate=2008-10-05|publisher=English Nature]

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