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    • Home
    • Community
      • Hire our Village Hall
      • Selmeston Church
      • Sports and Social Events
      • Getting Around
      • Parish News
    • Conservation
      • Conservation Area
      • Conservation Map
      • Listed Buildings
      • Environment and Wildlife
    • History
      • Pre-history
      • Romans and Saxons
      • Domesday to the present
      • Selmeston in Wartime
      • Selmeston famous faces
    • Local Government
      • Parish Meetings
      • Committees and Governance
      • The Parish Plan
    • Gallery
    • Useful Contacts

Selmeston Village

Selmeston VillageSelmeston VillageSelmeston Village
  • Home
  • Community
    • Hire our Village Hall
    • Selmeston Church
    • Sports and Social Events
    • Getting Around
    • Parish News
  • Conservation
    • Conservation Area
    • Conservation Map
    • Listed Buildings
    • Environment and Wildlife
  • History
    • Pre-history
    • Romans and Saxons
    • Domesday to the present
    • Selmeston in Wartime
    • Selmeston famous faces
  • Local Government
    • Parish Meetings
    • Committees and Governance
    • The Parish Plan
  • Gallery
  • Useful Contacts

selmeston village has been a site for settlement since Mesolithic times, lying between two rivers, the Cuckmere and the Ouse.

key facts

Selmeston lies 8 miles east of Lewes. The village with its single street (aptly named 'The Street') marks a route between the Ouse and the Cuckmere rivers.


The church existed at the time of its mention in the Domesday Book of 1086; it is dedicated to St Mary. The ecclesiastical parish is linked with the village of Alciston. The Domesday Book also has entries for the two large houses that lie in the Parish, Sherrington Manor (variously referred to as Elerintone, Serintone and Sirintone) and Tilton house (referred to as Telentone and Tilintone).


Evidence of Mesolithic settlements were discovered in old sandpits around the church in 1933 and subsequently more finds were unearthed including a Saxon cemetery behind Manor Cottages. This turned out to be one of the largest Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in the South of England, containing at least 200 graves and believed to date from the fifth to the seventh centuries AD.

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Selmeston Photo Gallery

Selmeston Photo Gallery

French partridges are a common site in the fields around Selmeston.
The footpaths around Selmeston are laden with Bluebells in April and May
St Mary's Church, Selmeston
The village hall hosts a number of events throughout the year and is also available for hire!
Selmeston has one of the largest Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in the South of England, containing at least
Selmeston has a large number of listed buildings of architectural and historic interest.
Selmeston Church 1900
The Street, Selmeston
The Old Vicarage

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