POYNINGS, a parish in the hundred of POYNINGS,
rape of LEWES, county of SUSSEX, 3 miles (S. W. by S.)
from Hurst - Pierrepoint, containing 232 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Lewes,
and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at
£ 10, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church,
dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is partly in the decorated,
and partly in the later English, style of architecture.
The Rev. George Beard, in 1786, gave £100,
directing the interest to be applied for teaching eight
poor children.