Ore (St. Helen)
ORE (St. Helen), a parish, in the hundred of Baldslow, union and rape of Hastings, E. division of Sussex, 2½ miles (N. N. W.) from Hastings; containing 1228 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from Hastings to Battle: the surface is agreeably diversified with hill and dale, and tolerably well wooded, especially on the estate of Coghurst. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, resided at the mansion of Ore Place, which has been nearly rebuilt by its present proprietor, Sir H. Elphinstone, Bart.; and near the estate are the remains of a religious establishment. Good sandstone is found. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £3. 0. 2½.; net income, £178; patrons, Trustees: there is a glebe-house, with about 8 acres of land. The church is principally in the later English style, and consists of a nave, chancel, and south aisle, the last of which was erected only a few years since. The union workhouse is situated in the parish. There is a chalybeate spring.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.