Description
Iden, a parish in Sussex, on the river Rother and the Military Canal, adjacent to Kent, 2 1/2 miles N of Rye station on the S.E.R. It has a post office under Rye; money order and telegraph office, Rye. Acreage, 2970; population, 503. An ancient residence, which has disappeared, but the moat of which may still be traced, belonged to the family of Iden, one of whom, self-described in Shakespeare as " a poor esquire of Kent," killed Jack Cade. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; value, £400 with residence. The church is ancient, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
