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Chiddingly
Chiddingly — village in East Sussex, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Berwick · 7.9 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Chiddingly is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. It covers approximately 18 km². Recent population estimates put it at around 864 people. Address: BN8. Wikidata describes it as: "village in East Sussex, England". Coordinates: 50.9100°, 0.1900°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: High Weald
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Chiddingly ( CHID-in-lye) is an English village and civil parish in the Wealden District of the administrative county of East Sussex, within historic Sussex, some five miles (8 km) northwest of Hailsham. The parish is rural in character: it includes the village of Chiddingly and a collection of hamlets: the largest of these being Muddles Green and Thunder's Hill; others being Gun Hill, Whitesmith, Holmes Hill, Golden Cross, Broomham and the westernmost extremity of Upper Dicker. It covers 7 square miles (18 km2) of countryside. Of the more than 340 dwellings in the parish, over fifty have the word "Farm" in their postal address.
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Background
History
The presence of low-grade iron ore in the local sandstone supported Roman mining and smelting in the area. The final -ly of the name suggests that the village had Saxon origins. The Domesday Book of 1086 refers to Cetelingei with just three households, including a miller and mill. The 'Chiddingly Boar', found in 1999, was a gilt-silver badge likely to have belonged to a supporter of Richard III during the Wars of the Roses, and probably lost or discarded in the 1480s; it is now in the British Museum and has been adopted as the emblem of the parish Bonfire Society who process through the streets of Sussex each autumn bearing a taxidermy wild boar's head (known as Smutty Sue, and newly…
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- Coordinates
- 50.9100, 0.1900
- County
- East Sussex
- District
- Wealden
- Parish
- Chiddingly
- Postcode
- BN8
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Population
- 864
- Nearest railway station
- Berwick — 7.9 km
- Official site
- www.chiddingly.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q687801 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Chiddingly (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Chiddingly Place - geograph.org.uk - 1172621.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Chiddingly?
- Chiddingly is in East Sussex, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BN8), in the parish of Chiddingly.
- Is Chiddingly a protected site?
- Yes — Chiddingly is part of the High Weald National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Chiddingly free to visit?
- Yes, Chiddingly is free to enter.
- How do I get to Chiddingly?
- The nearest railway station is Berwick, about 7.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BN8.