Beddingham

Beddingham
Looking north on the A26 at Beddingham
Beddingham
Beddingham shown within East Sussex
Area	11.4 km² (4.4 sq mi)
Population	242 (Census 2011)
• Density	25/km² (65/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ445078
• London	45 miles (72 km) N
Civil parish	Glynde and Beddingham
District	Lewes
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEWES
Postcode district	BN8
Dialling code	01273

Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Lewes
Website	Parish Council website
List of places UK England East Sussex 50°51′06″N 0°03′07″E / 50.8518°N 0.0519°E / 50.8518; 0.0519Coordinates: 50°51′06″N 0°03′07″E / 50.8518°N 0.0519°E / 50.8518; 0.0519

Beddingham is a village in the Lewes district of East Sussex.

Beddingham is located at the junction between the London to Newhaven (A26) and south coast (A27) roads south-east of Lewes. The parish of Beddingham was joined with that of Glynde shortly after the Second World War, to make the combined parish of Glynde and Beddingham.

The area was settled in pre-Roman times with many tumuli in the surrounding hills originating in the Iron Age.

The Roman villa at Beddingham 50°50′52″N 0°04′16″E / 50.84771°N 0.07115°E / 50.84771; 0.07115 was excavated by David Rudling between 1987 and 1992. Construction began in the late first century AD, and the villa was occupied until the mid fourth-century. There was a wooden roundhouse built originally (around 50 AD) before Roman construction began towards the end of the century.

When the Saxons came, one of the buildings on the site was hollowed out, presumably to be used as a Sunken Feature Building (Grubenhaus). It is interesting that the fill of the cut contains a mix of Late Roman and Early Saxon pottery, suggesting some degree of continuity of settlement.

Beddingham was a Saxon royal minster. It was probably seized by Offa of Mercia following his annexation of Sussex early in the 770s. One of his coins was found there. Once back in Saxon possession, the land was bequeathed by King Alfred to his nephew Aethelm, and the manor was later held by Earl Godwin.

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