Ditchling

Other current and historical names

Ditchelling

Built-Up Area: Ditchling
Parish/Community: Ditchling
District/Borough: Lewes
County: East Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°55'19"N 0°6'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 532597, 115324
OS Grid: TQ325153
Mapcode Local: GBR KPB.1SQ
Mapcode Global: FRA B6NN.T7Y

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ditchling within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ditchling in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ditchling (or Ditchelling), par. and vil., E. Sussex, 6m.N. of Brighton, 4265 ac., pop. 1342; P.O.; Ditchling Beacon (858 f t.)is the highest point of the South Downs.

Ditchling in the Domesday Book

A village in Streat hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated); Gilbert (subinfeudated); Hugh (subinfeudated); William of Warenne; Warin the sheriff (subinfeudated); Alward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 42 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £80 5/4¾ in 1066; £25 in 1070; £72 10/- in 1086
- Households: 111 villagers; 69 smallholders; 10 slaves; 6 burgesses
- Plough Teams: 15 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 84 men's ploughs (60 plough lands)
- Meadow: 130 acres
- Woodland: 80 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 2/4¾

British Place Names

Ditchling, East Sussex

Ditchling is a village in East Sussex

Ditchling in historic gazetteers

Ditchling in the Domesday Book