Glynde

Glynde
Glynde Place
Glynde
Glynde shown within East Sussex
Area	17.8 km² (6.9 sq mi)
Population	312 (Census 2011)
• Density	12/km² (31/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ 456 089
• 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′42″N 0°04′04″E / 50.8616°N 0.06773°E / 50.8616; 0.06773Coordinates: 50°51′42″N 0°04′04″E / 50.8616°N 0.06773°E / 50.8616; 0.06773

Glynde is a village in the Lewes District of East Sussex, United Kingdom. It is located two miles (5 km) east of Lewes.

The estate at Glynde has belonged to four interlinked families: the Waleys ("from Wales"), Morleys, Trevors, and Brands. The Trevors were originally from north Wales, and descended from Tudor Trevor, a chieftain who in 915 married the daughter of Hywel the Good of Gwynedd and all Wales.

The Glynde manor was not named in the Domesday Book, but it is probably the unnamed peculier of the Archbishop of Canterbury held by one Godfrey of Malling, who also held the manor of South Malling. By the late 12th century, Richard Waleys held four knight fees of the Archbishop, including Glynde.

The Waleys added further estates near Mayfield (Hawkesden and Bainden), which in the 16th century became the centre of the Wealden ironmaking industry and a major source of wealth. William Morley (1531–97) added the manors of Combe and Beddingham, on the other side of Glynde Reach. Harbert Morley (1616–67) added the manor of Preston Beckhelwyn. These remain part of the Glynde Estate.

Glynde Place (1569) was built by William Morley (1531–97). The house was built of Sussex flint and stone from Caen. It was square, with an inner courtyard.

Richard Trevor (1707–71), Bishop of Durham, considerably altered the house. He turned the house back to front, so that the house looked east; he built an imposing coach house and stable block to the south; on his walls of knapped flint he erected two wyverns, the heraldic dragons of the Trevors. He created a new front hall, embellished the gallery panelling, added a marble fireplace, and added a set of bronzes.

Originally Glynde lay within Glynde parish, which covered 1,530 acres (6.2 km²). The parish was unified with that of West Firle and Beddingham shortly after the Second World War, so it now belongs to Glynde and Beddingham.

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