GUILDFORD, or GULDEFORD (EAST), a parish
in the hundred of GOLDSPUR, rape of HASTINGS,
county of SUSSEX, 1 mile (N. E. by E.) from Rye, containing
124 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory with that of Playden, in the archdeaconry of
Lewes, and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's
books at £8. 4. 7. Thomas P. Lambe, Esq. was patron
in 1807. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. A peculiar
method of tything the marsh land prevails in
this parish: the tenants pay three-pence per acre only
while in pasture, but five shillings if ploughed. The
Kent ditch bounds the parish on the east, and the river
Rother is navigable on the west.