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Playden
Area16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi) [1]
PopulationExpression error: "327 (Parish-2007)[1]
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OS grid referenceTQ925226
• London52 miles (84 km) NW
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRYE
Postcode districtTN31
Dialling code01797
PoliceSussex
FireEast Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
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Playden is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located one mile (1.6 km) north-west of Rye. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book; it is a largely rural parish, having no village centre, and the hamlet of Houghton Green is included in the parish. Playden's main occupation was fishing: the fish were salted in a one-time settlement known as Saltcote, after the fact that it had a fish salting industry based there. Saltcote Street is now all that remains of that industry[2].

The Norman church is dedicated to St Michael[3].

References

  1. ^ a b "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  2. ^ Notes on the village
  3. ^ St Michael's church