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Glebe land - A portion of land assigned to a clergyman as part of his benefice. A parsonage house was customarily part of this landholding. Most of the glebe in Barcombe surrounded the rectory, but one detached portion, the aptly named Parson's Wallets, lay on the North End Stream. The glebe in 1840 accords remarkably well with that recorded in a series of glebe terriers (records of glebe land) surviving from the 17th century (25). The names listed here are the rectors of the parish (up to but not including the 20th century) who would have been considered owners of the glebe during their incumbency. The church yard was not glebe land but as it was considered the property of the rector for the time being the tithe field number has been included here. In 1840 the church had not yet been rebuilt and neither had the churchyard been extended into Church Field to create the additional burial ground. The land for that purpose was given to the church in 1872 by Mrs Cope, the widow of Nicholas Garland. A parsonage house was recorded here in 1340 and in the 17th century (63, 25). The description of the land and house in the 17th century terriers confirms that the parsonage house was on the site of the present Old Rectory which was built in the late 19th century. It is probable that the medieval priests' house was on the same site. Notably it is the only medieval dwelling, other than Court House, recorded in this southern part of the parish adjacent to the parish church. The archaeological evidence also supports the view that there was never substantial medieval settlement in this part of the parish. Other 19th century land acquisitions recorded here were associated with the protracted efforts to provide both a new church in the north of the parish and a parochial school. |
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