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Salehurst is a village in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It lies immediately to the north-east of the larger village of Robertsbridge, on a minor road; it is approximately thirteen miles (21 km) north of Hastings, just east of the A21 road .
Salehurst and Robertsbridge is a civil parish in the Rother district, in the county of East Sussex, England. The parish lies entirely within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The parish includes the villages of Robertsbridge, Salehurst and Northbridge Street.
The Abbey of St Mary was founded in 1176 and suppressed in 1538. It is believed to have changed site in the 13th century as a charter dating to 1314 refers to ‘the chapel in the said vil (of Salehurst) on the spot where the abbey was originally founded’. The remains of the abbey were later incorporated into Abbey Farm.
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SALEHURST (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Ticehurst, hundred of Henhurst, rape of Hastings, E. division of Sussex, 6 miles (N.) from Battle. A Cistercian abbey was founded here in 1176, by Alured de St. Martin and Queen Adeliza, and flourished till the Dissolution. The river Rother flows through the parish; and the road to Hastings passes by ...
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Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. 1. See England Civil Registration for online resources and information. For civil registration history see Ticehurst registration district
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The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformistrefers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
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Salehurst, mentioned in the Domesday Book, lies off the A21 about half a mile from Robertsbridge. It is small hamlet with a public house and a church. The church of St Mary the Virgin, built in the 13th century is believed to be the largest rural parish church in Sussex.
Robertsbridge is the largest of three distinct settlements within the civil parish of Salehurst & Robertsbridge. It lies 12 miles north of Hastings on the A21 and has a population of approximately 2600 (2007 AD).
Visit St Mary's and you will find a fine mediaeval church, originally built by the Cistercian monks of Robertsbridge Abbey. But the church is not the building, it's the people, and we would love to welcome you any Sunday as a visitor or to join our worshipping community.
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