View of St. Andrews looking towards Lewes
This fine church set under the shadow of Mount Caburn (480 feet above the
Channel), has been here since Norman times with many alterations since then.
The Nave is Norman with blocked windows in the north arcade, and the aisles
were rebuilt, probably in the Early English period.
View of the interior
The Clerestory and Chancel are 14th century and decorative The Font and
Tower on documentary evidence dates to about 1541. The south nave arcade has
massive piers and moulded square abaci with unusual decoration. There is a
charming remembrance window on the left of the door and there are two stone
heads on the arches, one with a tongue that has been 'out' for 700 years.
The font at St. Andrews is 15th century
At nearby Iford Hill which lies to the south of Beddingham, a Late Bronze
Age settlement was systematically and thoroughly excavated from 1949 to 1953.
The findings revealed that the site was at one time a large farm and many
enclosures and hut platforms cut back into the hill-side were discovered on
the site.
There was a Monastary at Beddingham in time of Offa 757-796.
A List of the Incumbents of St. Andrew's
1215 - Simon
1307 - Sir William Rarl
1380 - John Fisshioyk (Fyscheioyk)
1398 - John Astwode
1398 - John Westcote
1415 - Thomas Legyer
1478 - Robert Berache
c1486 - Syr Robert Crawecestre
1522 - Sir John Lawrence
1522 - John Segar (Seygar)
1536 - John Shayres
1540 - Sir John Reader
1556 - Dns. Roland Farrer
1558 - Dermicius Clanchye (Sir Derby Clanchy)
1558 - Sir Bland Saorer
1560 - John Barcomb (Barkham)
1597 - John Perett
1635 - Nathaniel Laio (Lane)
1649 - John Smith }
1658 - James Bricknell M.A.} Usurpers
1661 John Cooke
1664 - Johnathan Handcocke A.B.
1668 - John Hardy
1670 - Thomas Levett
1695 - Stephen Phillips B.A.
(deprived 1701 for non-residence)
1701 - Anthony Stokes M.A.
1726 - John Horsley B.A.
1740 - Vicarages of Beddingham & West Firle were united
1743 - Thomas Matthew B.A.
1752 - Charles Ashburnham B.A.
1755 - Richard Taylor B.A.
1768 - Richard Moreton
1784 - Edward Robert Raynes M.A.
1824 - Charles Edward Hutchinson M.A.
1864 - Henry Smith M.A.
1871 - Francis John Mount M.A.
1878 - William Parry Crawley M.A.
1899 - Edward Henry Nash M.A.
1912 - Cecil Annesley Empson M.A.
1915 - Walter Alfred Firth M.A.
1918 - Cecil Annesley Empson (re-instituted)
1925 - Herbert George Ellam
1927 - Arthur George Gregor B.D.
1946 - Francis Bernard Ross Browne M.A.
1952 - Hugh Gregory Woodall M.A.
1955 - Ernest Courtenay Crosse V.S.O. M.C. M.A.
(cannon of Chichester)
1956 - William D. Matthews A.K.C.
1962 - Max Leon Godden M.A.
1982 - Mervyn Thomas Morgan M.A.
1984 - Horace James Woodward A.K.C.
Canon Emeritus: Southwark
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