Chiddingly

Chiddingly

Coordinates: 50°55′N 0°11′E / 50.91°N 0.19°E / 50.91; 0.19

Chiddingly
Chiddingly is located in East Sussex
Chiddingly

 Chiddingly shown within East Sussex
Area  17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi) [1]
Population 1,006 (Parish-2007) [1]
    - Density  148 /sq mi (57 /km2)
OS grid reference TQ543142
    - London  43 miles (69 km) NNW 
District Wealden
Shire county East Sussex
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LEWES
Postcode district BN8
Dialling code 01825
Police Sussex
Fire East Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Wealden
Website http://www.chiddingly.gov.uk/
List of places: UK • England • East Sussex

Chiddingly (pronounced /ˈtʃɪdɪŋlaɪ/ "Chidding-lye") is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, some five miles (8 km) northwest of Hailsham. The parish is rural in character: it includes the village of Chiddingly and a collection of hamlets: the largest of these being Muddles Green and Thunder's Hill; others being Gun Hill, Whitesmith, Golden Cross, Broomham and Upper Dicker.[2] It covers 7 square miles (18 km2) of countryside. Of the more than 340 dwellings in the parish, over fifty have the word "Farm" in their postal address.

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Geography

The parish is in the Low Weald. Like Rome, it is founded upon seven hills: Thunders Hill; Gun Hill; Pick Hill; Stone Hill; Scrapers Hill; Burgh Hill and Holmes Hill,[3] the latter being on the A22 road in the south of the parish. Tributaries of the River Cuckmere flow both north and south of the village.

History

The presence of low-grade iron ore in the local sandstone supported Roman mining and smelting in the area.[citation needed]

The Domesday Book of 1086 refers to Cetelingei: the final -ly of the name shows it to have had Saxon origins. There is a large number of manorial buildings in the parish, including Chiddingly Place.

Points of interest

Burgh Hill Farm Meadow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within the parish.[4] This is a hedgerow-surrounded meadow of an uncommon grassland type.

The Church of England parish church at Chiddingly is of unknown date and dedication, but references to it occur from the 13th century.[5] Today the parish is part of a united benefice with the neighbouring parish of East Hoathly. A Congregational chapel was founded in Chiddingly 1901.

Chiddingly has a primary school.[6]

The annual Chiddingly Festival includes various entertainments around the village.[7] Chiddingly has four public houses: The Six Bells Inn in the village, The Gun Inn, The Golden Cross Inn, and The Inn on the Park at Golden Cross. Chiddingly has a village hall.

In 1971 the film director Philip Trevelyan made the documentary film The Moon and the Sledgehammer[8] about the Page family who lived in a wood outside the village and operated two traction engines: an Allchin[9] and a Fowler.

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