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Rh arch are Perp., as also the southern piers of the chancel. There is an E.E. trefoil-headed piscina with a shelf.—A.D. 1279 Will, de Warren, Earl of Surrey, possessed parks in the three parishes of Cuckfield, Ditchling, and Worth. (Stapleton's Liber de Antiquis Legibus, xlviii.)

71. .—Great part of this parish has been washed away, and the church totally destroyed, the remainder being now included in Climping. Cudlaw appears in (Val. Eccl.), but in (Ecton's Lib. Val.) is marked as "absorbed," and is omitted from the (Clergy List.)

72. .—The east window of this church contains some coloured glass. (Horsfield's Suss. I, 569.) There was anciently a recognised forest in the neighbourhood of Dallington, the Domesday description having this addition, "Of this hide the earl holds half in forest. De ista hida habet comes medietatem in foresta." (D.B.)

73., East Sussex.—The vicar, but not the church, of "Eseden" is named in (A.D. 1291).—"The upper part of the ancient font is used as a cistern in a farmyard, while the pedestal stands in front of a little inn, yclept the 'Tiger,'serving the mean occupation of a joss-block." (Horsfield's Suss. I, 284, note 1.)

74., East Sussex.—This small church includes nave and chancel, with a south porch, and a small square western tower. The east window is Dec.; the piscina is large, but imperfect, being intersected by a window. In the north wall of the chancel are two monumental arches with canopies, of different dates. From the frame of a very small Norm. window visible in the north wall of the nave, and from the lower part of the tower arch, the church seems to be Norm. with E.E. and later portions.—Adjoining the churchyard to the west stands the old parsonage-house, still belonging to the incumbent, but converted into two cottages. The original entrance was on the northern side, through a porch, now a wash-house; the porch-door is obliterated, and the ground on the outside has been much raised. The present entrance is where was formerly a window. From the lower room a short newel stone staircase leads into what must have been the principal apartment. The stone fireplace here, with its hood, is nearly perfect; the foot of each jamb only being lost. The windows have, some two lights, others but one; of the former the dividing mullions have been removed. In the upper part of the eastern wall of the house are some stones,