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RINGMER is a village and parish 3 miles north-east
of Lewes and 10 west of Hailsham, in Chailey Union, Ringmer Hundred, and
Pevensey rape, East Sussex. The church, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin,
is very ancient, and has a chancel, nave, small side aisles, and wooden
tower, and contains several monuments and brasses of the 17th and 18th
centuries. The benefice is a vicarage, value about £300 per annum, in
the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Here is a neat Independent
chapel, also a National school and a Workhouse school, for the Chailey
Union. BROYLE PLACE, an ancient mansion, of which only a portion remains,
is supposed to have been built by one of the archbishops of Canterbury.
A part of the Horse Artillery barracks, formerly standing near the village,
is converted into a private lunatic asylum. The area of this parish is
about 5,624 acres, and the population, in 1851 was 1,374.
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| GENTRY.
Chapple Miss Harriet TRADERS. Alchorne Thomas, 'Old Ship' |
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POST OFFICE. -Frederick Martin, postmaster. Letters
arrive at ½ past 7 a.m.; dispatched at ½ past 6 p.m. The nearest money
order office is at Lewes
CARRIERS pass through here daily PUBLIC SCHOOLS:- National, Miss Ann Walton, mistress Chailey Union Workhouse, Michael Griffin, master; Mrs. Martha Griffin, mistress |