Sedlescombe or Selscombe, Sussex

Historical Description

Sedlescombe or Selscombe, a parish in Sussex, on the river Brede, 3 miles NE of Battle station on the S.E.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Battle. Acreage, 2065; population, 622. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor. A commandery of Knights Hospitallers was founded here in the time of King John by Geoffrey Say. Roman coins were found in an ancient cinder-field. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Early English with Later English additions. 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 Sedlescombe or Selscombe from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sedlescomb (St. John the Baptist))

Maps

Online maps of Sedlescombe or Selscombe 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