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'''Telscombe''' is a [[civil parish]] and [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom| electoral ward (called East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs)]] with the status of a town in the [[Lewes (district)|Lewes District]] of [[East Sussex]], England. It consists of three distinct settlements, separated from each other by an open area of downland called '''Telscombe Tye'''.
'''Telscombe''' is a town and [[civil parish]] in the [[Lewes (district)|Lewes District]] of [[East Sussex]], England. It consists of three distinct settlements, separated from each other by an open area of downland called '''Telscombe Tye'''.


'''Telscombe village''' is a small village on the [[South Downs]], six miles (10&nbsp;km) south of [[Lewes]]. It includes the parish church, with origins dating back to the 10th century. The village has a population of fewer than 50 people.
'''Telscombe village''' is a small village on the [[South Downs]], six miles (10&nbsp;km) south of [[Lewes]]. It includes the parish church, with origins dating back to the 10th century. The village has a population of fewer than 50 people.
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The [[Prime Meridian]] crosses the northeast corner of Telscombe parish. The town has a school, Telscombe Cliffs Primary.
The [[Prime Meridian]] crosses the northeast corner of Telscombe parish. The town has a school, Telscombe Cliffs Primary.


The parish includes part of the [[Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs]] [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]]. The cliffs are mainly of geological interest, containing many [[Santonian]] and [[Campanian]] fossils. The [[SSSI]] listing includes [[flora]] and [[fauna]] biological interest too.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1003033 |title=Natural England – SSSI |accessdate=19 June 2008|publisher=English Nature}}</ref>
The parish includes part of the [[Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs]] [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]]. The cliffs are mainly of geological interest, containing many [[Santonian]] and [[Campanian]] fossils. The [[SSSI]] listing includes [[flora]] and [[fauna]] biological interest too.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1003033 |title=Natural England – SSSI |access-date=19 June 2008 |publisher=English Nature |archive-date=25 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525075434/http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1003033 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The manor of Telscombe is recorded as early as the 10th century, when it was given by [[Edgar the Peaceful|King Edgar]] to the minster of [[Hyde Abbey|Hyde]], and remained in those hands until the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries|dissolution]] in 1538.<ref name=Peatel>{{cite web |url=http://www.history-peacehaven-telscombe.org.uk/index2.asp |title=Telscombe & Telscombe Village |author=Stanley Bernard |date= |work=Peacehaven & Telscombe History |accessdate=18 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724013844/http://www.history-peacehaven-telscombe.org.uk/index2.asp |archivedate=24 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The manor of Telscombe is recorded as early as the 10th century, when it was given by [[Edgar the Peaceful|King Edgar]] to the minster of [[Hyde Abbey|Hyde]], and remained in those hands until the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries|dissolution]] in 1538.<ref name=Peatel>{{cite web |url=http://www.history-peacehaven-telscombe.org.uk/index2.asp |title=Telscombe & Telscombe Village |author=Stanley Bernard |work=Peacehaven & Telscombe History |access-date=18 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724013844/http://www.history-peacehaven-telscombe.org.uk/index2.asp |archive-date=24 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The manor and village passed through many hands in the following centuries; in 1900 James Andrew Harman became Lord of the Manor,<ref name=Telscombe>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56921 |title=Parishes: Telscombe |author=L. F. Salzman (editor) |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1940 |work=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7: The rape of Lewes |accessdate=21 April 2011}}</ref> and in 1924 it was acquired by Charles Willam Neville (born Charles William Neville Ussher<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/usherirl/irltree/1009.htm |title=The Usher/Ussher families in Ireland |work=rootsweb |publisher= Ancestry.com |accessdate=21 April 2011}}</ref> in 1881), the developer who had founded [[Peacehaven]] in 1916.<ref name=peacehaven>{{cite web |url=http://www.peacehaven.co.uk/history.php |title=The History of Peacehaven |work=Peacehaven Online |accessdate=20 April 2011}}</ref>
The manor and village passed through many hands in the following centuries; in 1900 James Andrew Harman became Lord of the Manor,<ref name=Telscombe>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56921 |title=Parishes: Telscombe |editor=L. F. Salzman |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1940 |work=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7: The rape of Lewes |access-date=21 April 2011 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022050226/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56921 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 1924 it was acquired by Charles Willam Neville (born Charles William Neville Ussher<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/usherirl/irltree/1009.htm |title=The Usher/Ussher families in Ireland |work=rootsweb |publisher=Ancestry.com |access-date=21 April 2011 |archive-date=3 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103072219/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/usherirl/irltree/1009.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1881), the developer who had founded [[Peacehaven]] in 1916.<ref name=peacehaven>{{cite web |url=http://www.peacehaven.co.uk/history.php |title=The History of Peacehaven |work=Peacehaven Online |access-date=20 April 2011 |archive-date=5 May 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505050354/http://www.peacehaven.co.uk/history.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
The village was part of the [[Holmstrow (hundred)|Holmstrow hundred]] until the abolition of hundreds in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 11|publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information|H M Stationery Office]]|url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=WzkSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=holmstrow+hundred&source=bl&ots=Q_I6zfWpun&sig=4k_uWU8Qkj0tFHQp6XQMtYAOP0o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8i9NVeTgJsazsQG-qoGAAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=holmstrow%20hundred&f=false|date=1831}}</ref>
The village was part of the [[Holmstrow (hundred)|Holmstrow hundred]] until the abolition of hundreds in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 11|publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information|H M Stationery Office]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzkSAAAAYAAJ&q=holmstrow+hundred&pg=PA205|date=1831|access-date=23 January 2021|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123091004/https://books.google.com/books?id=WzkSAAAAYAAJ&q=holmstrow+hundred&pg=PA205|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Telscombe Village==
==Telscombe Village==
[[File:Telscombe Church.JPG|thumb|left|300px|St. Laurence's Church]]
[[File:Telscombe Church.JPG|thumb|left|300px|St. Laurence's Church]]
Although the ancient village of Telscombe is located less than two miles (3&nbsp;km) from the coast, there is no public road linking the village with the coastal part of the parish. The village is found at the end of a winding [[cul-de-sac|dead end]] road leaving the Lewes—Newhaven road at [[Southease]].
Although the ancient village of Telscombe is located less than two miles (3&nbsp;km) from the coast, there is no public road linking the village with the coastal part of the parish. The byway was closed to all traffic in 2015. The village is found at the end of a winding [[cul-de-sac|dead end]] road leaving the Lewes—Newhaven road at [[Southease]].


Telscombe is a small cluster of buildings around a church dedicated to St Laurence. It is a 10th-century foundation with a 13th-century font, largely rebuilt and decorated in the 20th century.
Telscombe is a small cluster of buildings around a church dedicated to St Laurence. It is a 10th-century foundation with a 13th-century font, largely rebuilt and decorated in the 20th century.


The manor house was for many years used as Judge's Lodgings, occupied when [[High Court judge]]s were sitting at [[Lewes Crown Court]]. This practice was controversial because of the costs of providing and maintaining this accommodation, including the employment of butlers and other staff, and was phased out by the Labour government from 2001. The cost of the Telscombe lodgings was put at £147,893.<ref>{{cite news |title=The luxurious life of judges (as paid for by the taxpayer) |author=Robert Verkaik |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-luxurious-life-of-judges-as-paid-for-by-the-taxpayer-438502.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=2 March 2007}}</ref>
The manor house was for many years used as Judge's Lodgings, occupied when [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|High Court judge]]s were sitting at [[Lewes Crown Court]]. This practice was controversial because of the costs of providing and maintaining this accommodation, including the employment of butlers and other staff, and was phased out by the Labour government from 2001. The cost of the Telscombe lodgings was put at £147,893.<ref>{{cite news |title=The luxurious life of judges (as paid for by the taxpayer) |author=Robert Verkaik |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-luxurious-life-of-judges-as-paid-for-by-the-taxpayer-438502.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=2 March 2007 |access-date=23 January 2021 |archive-date=23 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723154924/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-luxurious-life-of-judges-as-paid-for-by-the-taxpayer-438502.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Telscombe Tye==
==Telscombe Tye==
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The Tye is contained within the [[South Downs National Park]], and is one of the few places where the park boundary reaches the seafront.
The Tye is contained within the [[South Downs National Park]], and is one of the few places where the park boundary reaches the seafront.


As designated common, the land was unenclosed and on a map dated 1811 is shown as "Sheep Down"<ref name=tye /> on which local stockholders had grazing rights. One such landowner in the early 20th century was Ambrose Gorham. He managed a [[stud farm]] and trained racehorses, including the 1902 [[List of Grand National winners|winner]] of the [[Grand National]]. On his death in 1933 he bequeathed his property in the village in trust to be administered by the Brighton Corporation, stating in the trust deed:<ref name=tye>{{Cite report |title=The historic issues and management of Telscombe Tye |url=http://www.telscombetowncouncil.gov.uk/images/keycouncildocs/telscombe%20tye%20report%20final%20no%20appendices.pdf |author=Abbeylands |year=2009 |publisher=Telscombe Town Council |accessdate=18 April 2011 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
As designated common, the land was unenclosed and on a map dated 1811 is shown as "Sheep Down"<ref name=tye /> on which local stockholders had grazing rights. One such landowner in the early 20th century was Ambrose Gorham. He managed a [[stud farm]] and trained racehorses, including the 1902 [[List of Grand National winners|winner]] of the [[Grand National]]. On his death in 1933 he bequeathed his property in the village in trust to be administered by the Brighton Corporation, stating in the trust deed:<ref name=tye>{{Cite report |title=The historic issues and management of Telscombe Tye |url=http://www.telscombetowncouncil.gov.uk/images/keycouncildocs/telscombe%20tye%20report%20final%20no%20appendices.pdf |author=Abbeylands |year=2009 |publisher=Telscombe Town Council |access-date=18 April 2011 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
{{quotation|The object and purpose of the Charity with respect to the Telscombe property is that the said
{{quotation|The object and purpose of the Charity with respect to the Telscombe property is that the said
property may continue to be preserved with its present rural characteristics in order that the public
property may continue to be preserved with its present rural characteristics in order that the public
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==Governance==
==Governance==
Telscombe Town Council consists of 13 elected councillors, five representing East Saltdean and eight from Telscombe Cliffs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telscombetowncouncil.gov.uk/index.php/concil/councillors |title=Town Council web site|accessdate=21 April 2011 |publisher=Telscombe Town Council}}</ref> Elections are held every four years and, as in neighbouring Peacehaven town council, are contested by candidates of the main political parties. The town is represented by three councillors on [[Lewes (district)|Lewes District Council]].
Telscombe Town Council consists of 13 elected councillors, five representing East Saltdean and eight from Telscombe Cliffs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telscombetowncouncil.gov.uk/index.php/concil/councillors |title=Town Council web site |access-date=21 April 2011 |publisher=Telscombe Town Council |archive-date=28 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928074147/http://www.telscombetowncouncil.gov.uk/index.php/concil/councillors |url-status=live }}</ref> Elections are held every four years and, as in neighbouring Peacehaven town council, are contested by candidates of the main political parties. The town is represented by three councillors on [[Lewes (district)|Lewes District Council]]; the May 2023 local elections returned three Labour Party councillors for the ward.


Telscombe and Peacehaven jointly form the Peacehaven & Telscombe Towns electoral division which elects two councillors to the East Sussex [[county council]].
Telscombe and Peacehaven jointly form the Peacehaven & Telscombe Towns electoral division which elects two councillors to the East Sussex [[county council]].
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Telscombe
Telscombe is located in East Sussex
Telscombe
Telscombe
Location within East Sussex
Area4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) [1]
Population7,477 (2011)[2]
• Density3,868/sq mi (1,493/km2)
OS grid referenceTQ403022
• London48 miles (77 km) N
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPEACEHAVEN
Postcode districtBN10
Post townBRIGHTON
Postcode districtBN2
Post townLEWES
Postcode districtBN7
Dialling code01273
PoliceSussex
FireEast Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
WebsiteTown council web site
List of places
UK
England
East Sussex
50°48′11″N 0°00′36″W / 50.803°N 0.01°W / 50.803; -0.01

Telscombe is a town and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It consists of three distinct settlements, separated from each other by an open area of downland called Telscombe Tye.

Telscombe village is a small village on the South Downs, six miles (10 km) south of Lewes. It includes the parish church, with origins dating back to the 10th century. The village has a population of fewer than 50 people.

The parish retains its ancient boundaries, which reach from the village to the coast, and the major part of the population is in the two coastal settlements. At the eastern end of the parish, about 4500 people live at Telscombe Cliffs, developed in the 20th century effectively as an extension of the town of Peacehaven over the town boundary. At the western end, the remaining 2500 population forms part of the community of Saltdean, the remainder of Saltdean being within the city of Brighton and Hove.

In 1929, thanks to the growth in population, Telscombe gained a parish council: in 1974 it became a town, with a mayor. The new civic centre in Telscombe Cliffs came into use in 2000.

The Prime Meridian crosses the northeast corner of Telscombe parish. The town has a school, Telscombe Cliffs Primary.

The parish includes part of the Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs Site of Special Scientific Interest. The cliffs are mainly of geological interest, containing many Santonian and Campanian fossils. The SSSI listing includes flora and fauna biological interest too.[3]

History

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The manor of Telscombe is recorded as early as the 10th century, when it was given by King Edgar to the minster of Hyde, and remained in those hands until the dissolution in 1538.[4] The manor and village passed through many hands in the following centuries; in 1900 James Andrew Harman became Lord of the Manor,[5] and in 1924 it was acquired by Charles Willam Neville (born Charles William Neville Ussher[6] in 1881), the developer who had founded Peacehaven in 1916.[7] The village was part of the Holmstrow hundred until the abolition of hundreds in the 19th century.[8]

Telscombe Village

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St. Laurence's Church

Although the ancient village of Telscombe is located less than two miles (3 km) from the coast, there is no public road linking the village with the coastal part of the parish. The byway was closed to all traffic in 2015. The village is found at the end of a winding dead end road leaving the Lewes—Newhaven road at Southease.

Telscombe is a small cluster of buildings around a church dedicated to St Laurence. It is a 10th-century foundation with a 13th-century font, largely rebuilt and decorated in the 20th century.

The manor house was for many years used as Judge's Lodgings, occupied when High Court judges were sitting at Lewes Crown Court. This practice was controversial because of the costs of providing and maintaining this accommodation, including the employment of butlers and other staff, and was phased out by the Labour government from 2001. The cost of the Telscombe lodgings was put at £147,893.[9]

Telscombe Tye

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Telscombe Tye is an area of open land with the status of common, extending from Telscombe village to the coast. The Tye forms a natural break between the settlements of Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs/Peacehaven, and marks the eastern end of a continuously built up area (Greater Brighton) from Shoreham in West Sussex. The Tye is contained within the South Downs National Park, and is one of the few places where the park boundary reaches the seafront.

As designated common, the land was unenclosed and on a map dated 1811 is shown as "Sheep Down"[10] on which local stockholders had grazing rights. One such landowner in the early 20th century was Ambrose Gorham. He managed a stud farm and trained racehorses, including the 1902 winner of the Grand National. On his death in 1933 he bequeathed his property in the village in trust to be administered by the Brighton Corporation, stating in the trust deed:[10]

The object and purpose of the Charity with respect to the Telscombe property is that the said

property may continue to be preserved with its present rural characteristics in order that the public and especially the inhabitants of Telscombe Piddinghoe and Brighton may have recourse thereto for quiet and peaceful recreation and meditation and the management of the Telscombe property shall be so conducted as best to further this object but so that the leasing of the land for agricultural or

pastoral purposes on the terms hereinafter authorised shall not be precluded...

At this time Neville, the developer of Peacehaven owned the Tye itself, while the trustees of Gorham's Gift owned the rights of common: a situation which led to frequent disputes.[10] In January 1979 the land was registered as common under the Commons Registration Act, and in 1989 the Tye was put up for auction by the Neville family (Charles Neville had died in 1960) and purchased by Telscombe Town Council.

Governance

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Telscombe Town Council consists of 13 elected councillors, five representing East Saltdean and eight from Telscombe Cliffs.[11] Elections are held every four years and, as in neighbouring Peacehaven town council, are contested by candidates of the main political parties. The town is represented by three councillors on Lewes District Council; the May 2023 local elections returned three Labour Party councillors for the ward.

Telscombe and Peacehaven jointly form the Peacehaven & Telscombe Towns electoral division which elects two councillors to the East Sussex county council.

Telscombe is in the Brighton Kemptown constituency for the UK Parliament.

References

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  1. ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Town/ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Natural England – SSSI". English Nature. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  4. ^ Stanley Bernard. "Telscombe & Telscombe Village". Peacehaven & Telscombe History. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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