Kelly's Directory 1882, East Hoathly, East Sussex

East Hoathly is a parish and village, on the road from Uckfield to Hailsham, 5 miles south-east from Uckfield, 8 north-east from Lewes and 48 by road from London, in the Eastern division of the county, Uckfield union, Shiplak hundred, Lewes county court district and rape of Pevensey, rural deanery of Pevensey (No. 3), archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. The area is 2,500 acres; rateable value £3,162 ; the population in 1881 was 857.

The old church (name unknown), a building of the Early English period, was, with the exception of the tower, taken down in 1856 and rebuilt: it now consists of chancel, nave, aisles, porch and a battlemented tower containing 6 bells, four of which were retuned and two re-cast in 1876, the latter being gifts respectively of the Rev. Edward Langdale M.A. late rector, and the other of the Earl of Chichester, and a clock with Westminster chimes was added by a bequest of the late Mrs. General Kemp. A set of silver parcel gilt communion plate was also presented, by subscription, at a cost of £80, in 1881. The old tower of this church possesses a very fine doorway, in the Tudor style, bearing the arms of the Pelham family, at the extremity of the dripstones : in panel above the door­way are boars' heads, the crest of the Lunsfordes of Whyly. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a rectory, yearly value £400, with residence, in the gift of the Marquis of Abergavenny and held by the Rev. Harry Harbord M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.