Iden, Sussex

Historical Description

Iden, a parish in Sussex, on the river Rother and the Military Canal, adjacent to Kent, 2½ miles N of Rye station on the S.E.R. It has a post office under Rye; money order and telegraph office, Rye. Acreage, 2970; population, 503. An ancient residence, which has disappeared, but the moat of which may still be traced, belonged to the family of Iden, one of whom, self-described in Shakespeare as " a poor esquire of Kent," killed Jack Cade. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; value, £400 with residence. The church is ancient, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Iden from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Iden (All Saints))

Maps

Online maps of Iden are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online:

• Mid Sussex Times
• Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal
• Sussex Agricultural Express
• Hastings and St Leonards Observer
• Sussex Advertiser
• Brighton Gazette
• Bexhill-on-Sea Observer