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This land consists of outlying tenements of the manors of Allington and Rodmell. Land of the manor of Rodmell lying east of Spithurst Road and Allington land to the west. The name Spithurst is first recorded in 1296 as a personal name in the subsidy rolls (tax rolls) (40). At that time a family with a name derived from a place were almost certainly resident there and archaeological evidence confirms that both the Rodmell and the Allington tenements were settled by the 13th-14th century. The form of the name is problematic and the meaning has been much debated. One explanation is a wooded hill (herst) where wood was split - to make shingles for example. But the division of this land between two manors makes a simple explanation, 'shared or split wooded hill', appealing. Names of farms and fields can change over time. In 1873/4 OS the farm was Spithurst Farm, the farm name was changed to Church Farm after St Bartholomew's church was built in 1880. In 1840 Nathaniel Garland also owned Court House and Culver Farm (see P113/29 TA 1278). |
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