Tidebrook

Tidebrook
Sussex
The Lych gate of Tidebrook Church
Location
Grid reference:	TQ613298
Location:	51°2’42"N, 0°18’0"E
Data
Local Government

Tidebrook is a hamlet in Sussex, found between the villages of Mayfield and Wadhurst. The brook for which the hamlet is named rises in the valley and forms one of the sources of the River Rother which meets the sea at Rye.

From the 16th to the 18th century Tidebrook formed part of the strong local Iron industry, signs of which can still be seen in the area.

The main part of Tidebrook consists of 40 or so houses lying within the valley close to the main road from the Best Beech Inn to Rushers Cross.

The centre point of the hamlet is the St. John the Baptist Church which stands in the bottom of the valley. Most of the houses within Tidebrook are either old farmhouses or cottages built for farm labourers with the exception of Tidebank Cottage, formerly the Fountain Pub and an old School house, formally Tidebrook School for girls which suffered a fire in the 1960s.

Events

• Tidebrook Fete
• Horse trailer carol singing at Christmas

Outside links

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