Playden
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| Area | 16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi) -inc East Guldeford[1] |
| Population | 340 (Parish-2011)[2] |
| • Density | 51/sq mi (20/km2) |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] TQ925226] |
| • London | 52 miles (84 km) NW |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RYE |
| Postcode district | TN31 |
| Dialling code | 01797 |
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| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | East Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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Playden is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is located one mile (1.6 km) north of Rye.
History
Playden is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Pleidena, having 37 households, ploughlands and a church.[3] It is a largely rural parish, having no village centre, and the hamlet of Houghton Green is included in the parish. Playden's main occupation was fishing: the fish were salted in a one-time settlement known as Saltcote, after the fact that it had a fish salting industry based there. Saltcote Street is now all that remains of that industry.[4]
Governance
Playden Parish Council has four councillors,[5] and meets monthly at the WI Hall in the village.[6]
The parish is within the Rother District of East Sussex. In the United Kingdom Parliament, it is part of the Hastings & Rye constituency, represented since the 2019 UK general election by Sally-Ann Hart, of the Conservative party.
Landmarks
The Norman church is dedicated to St Michael.[7] It was begun in 1190, and contains a ladder to the bell tower dated 1686.[8]
The field in front of the Church formerly known as Beacon Oak Field was the site of a 15th-century beacon at Sawcut (sic), sighting from Tenterden and Alomsbridge (about Newington Bridge, Kent, name has disappeared). The beacon was in the form of a tar filled barrel in an oak tree that was burnt down around 1930 but the stump remains.
The parish includes a two-acre field known as The Butt Field, which since 1703 has been available to the people of the village for "archery practice, recreation and sport".[9] It is now mainly used for the grazing of sheep.
Within the parish there is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Houghton Green Cliff. This is an exposed cliff face displaying sandstones of geological interest.[10]
In addition, part of the Dungeness, Romney Marsh & Rye SSSI lies within Playden parish.
People
The artist and scientific illustrator Brian Hargreaves (1935-2011) lived in Playden up until the time of his death.[11]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Open Domesday: Playden". Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Notes on the village Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welcome to Playden.info | Playden Councillors". www.playden.info. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welcome to Playden.info | Playden Village Council Downloads". www.playden.info. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ St Michael's church Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Playden – St Michael – Sussex Parish Churches". Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welcome to Playden.info | About Playden Village". www.playden.info. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SSSI Citation — Houghton Green Cliff" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rhone, Christine. "Brian Hargreaves". Rye Castle Museum. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
6 A New History of Rye, Leopold Aaron Vidler, 1934
7 A Perambulation of Kent, William Lambarde, 1596
8 The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex, Thomas Walker Horsfield, 1825
External links
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