Church of St Peter, Hamsey

Church of St Peter, Hamsey

The ancient Church of St. Peter, Hamsey stands on its hillock in a curve of the river Ouse, just north of Lewes. It is difficult to accurately assess the date on which this church was built as there is no evidence of a pre-Norman structure. Nevertheless we know that there was a building on this site in 925 when the Saxon Kong Athelston held a meeting of his counsellors there.

It has served as a Parish Church since the Norman conquest in 1066 and is recorded as a church in the Doomsday survey of 1086 which not only gave details of the manor, but adds “there was a Church”. It appears that there was a large manor house to the east of the church whose traces were still visible in 1777, with other houses round about. Over the centuries, the village of Hamsey dwindled until the church stood almost on its own.

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