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Chiddingly
The village of Chiddingly is little more than a church, an inn and a few houses and lies roughly in the centre of the parish with much of the population dispersed amongst a number of smaller hamlets. The largest of these is Muddles Green which lies to the immediate south but also includes Holmes Hill, Golden Cross and Nash Street that sprang up along the edge of the old Dicker Common that was enclosed around 1813. Other small hamlets include Gun Hill that grew up around an inn of the same name, Hale Green and Whitesmith.
Although primarily agricultural in nature, iron foundries were working in the area from Roman times to around the end of the 17th century, with the main centres being at Stream Farm in the north west of the parish which operated next to a mill dating back to the 11th century, and Gun Hill to the east. A number of brickmaking industries also operated on the old Dicker Common continuing into the 20th century after enclosure.
The main road running through the parish is the A22 which runs in a virtual straight line across the old Dicker Common from the eastern boundary to Golden Cross. The road was straightened before enclosure when it was turnpiked in the 18th century. An old toll house still survives at Muddles Green. A minor 'C' route runs from Nash Street to Horam following an old droving route, whilst other minor lanes radiate out along with a number of footpaths from the village of Chiddingly towards the smaller hamlets and the neighbouring parish of Waldron.
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