Barcombe, Sussex

Description
Barcombe, a parish in Sussex, situated on the river Ouse, 4 miles N of Lewes, with two stations, one on the East Grinstead branch of the L.B. & S.C.R., close to the village, called Barcombe station; the other, called Barcombe Mills, on the Uckfield branch, and about a mile from the village. Acreage, 5032; population, 1068. There is a post and money order office in the village, and a telegraph office at the railway station. Conyboro' and Barcombe Place and Sutton Hall are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £484 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. There are two churches£ St Mary's, the old parish church, which was restored and enlarged in 1879, on what has probably been the site of the parish church for 1000 years; and St Bartholomew's, a chapel of ease, built in 1878. There is a reading room with a good library.