Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PLAYDEN

PLAYDEN, a parish in Rye district, Sussex; on the river Rother, at the junction of the Military canal, ¾ of a mile N of Rye r. station. Post-town, Rye. Acres, 1, 308. Real property, £3, 499. Pop., 305. Houses, 66. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of East Guild ford, in the diocese of Chichester. The church is early English, withsome Norman fragments. There are an hospital, and charities £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Playden AP/CP       Rye RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place: Playden

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