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.

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 parish church, as depicted in a postcard, circa 1905

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

  1. ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Open Domesday: Playden". Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  4. ^ Notes on the village Archived 2008-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Welcome to Playden.info | Playden Councillors". www.playden.info. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Welcome to Playden.info | Playden Village Council Downloads". www.playden.info. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  7. ^ St Michael's church Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Playden – St Michael – Sussex Parish Churches". Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Welcome to Playden.info | About Playden Village". www.playden.info. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ "SSSI Citation — Houghton Green Cliff" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 5 July 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ 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

Media related to Playden at Wikimedia Commons


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