TELSCOMBE, a parish in the hundred of HOLMSTROW,
rape of LEWES, county of SUSSEX, 3 miles
(N. W. by W.) from Newhaven, containing 113 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Lewes, and diocese of Chichester, rated in
the king's books at £ 13. 13. 4., and in the patronage
of John Philpot, Esq. The church, dedicated to St.
Lawrence, is a small structure, principally in the Norman
style. The Rev. Josiah Povey, in 1727, bequeathed
land, &c., yielding about six guineas a year, for teaching
poor children. Henry Smith, Esq. bequeathed an estate
in this parish, called Court Farm, directing the rents to
be applied for the rejief of the poor of seven parishes in
the north of England.