BURWASH, a parish partly in the hundred of SHOYSWELL, partly in the hundred of HENHURST, but chiefly in the hundred of HAWKESBOROUGH, rape' of HASTINGS, county of SUSSEX, 6 miles (S. E. byS.) from Wadhurst, containing 1937 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Lewes, and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £18, and in the patronage of the Rev. W. Curteis. There is also a sinecure rectory, rated at £8. 10., in the gift of the same patron. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is partly in the early style of English architecture, and partly of later date. The petty sessions are held here: A National school, in which about eighty boys and the same number of girls are instructed, has an endowment of £35. 10. per annum, arising from property in land and stock, purchased with the amount of sundry contributions.