Playden

Playden
Playden
Playden shown within East Sussex
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 TQ925226
• London 52 miles (84 km) NW
Civil parish
  • Playden
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RYE
Postcode district TN31
Dialling code 01797
Police Sussex
Fire East Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Playden Oasts Hotel, Playden

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-west of Rye. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Pleidena; 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.[3]

The Norman church is dedicated to St Michael.[4]

The field in front of the Church formerley 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.</6></7></8>

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.[5]

In addition, part of the Dungeness, Romney Marsh & Rye SSSI lies within Playden parish

References

  1. ↑ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Notes on the village Archived 2008-03-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ St Michael's church Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "SSSI Citation — Houghton Green Cliff" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 2008-07-05.

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

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