Playden

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Playden is a village in Rye, East Sussex

Other current and historical names

Pleidena

Built-Up Area: Rye
Parish/Community: Rye Foreign
District/Borough: Rother
County: East Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°58'3"N 0°43'52"E
Eastings/Northings: 591863, 122231
OS Grid: TQ918222
Mapcode Local: GBR QXH.CN3
Mapcode Global: FRA D6FK.6N2

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

Playden in historic gazetteers

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

Playden, par. and vil., Sussex - par., 1296 ac. (120 water), pop. 294; vil., on river Bother, 1 mile N. of Rye; P.O.

Playden in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siwulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ednoth of Playden (subinfeudated); Remir (subinfeudated); Walter son of Lambert (subinfeudated); Geoffrey (subinfeudated); Theobald the priest (subinfeudated); Count of Eu
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £12 15/- in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 15 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Playden, East Sussex

Playden is a village in Rye, East Sussex

Playden in historic gazetteers

Playden in the Domesday Book