BREDE, a parish in Rye district, Sussex; on the river Brede, 4 miles W by N of Winchelsea r. station, and 5 ENE of Battle. It has a post office, of the name of Brede Hill, under Staplehurst; and a fair is held in it on Easter Tuesday. Acres, 4,840. Real property, £6,783. Pop., 1,083. Houses, 214. The property is sub-divided. The manor belonged anciently to the Attefords, and passed, in the time of Henry IV., to the Oxenbridges. The manor-house, called Brede-Place, shows interesting ancient features, commands a fine view, and is now occupied by a farmer. There is an iron foundry. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £1,023.* Patron, T. Frewen, Esq. The church was enlarged in the early part of the 16th century, by Sir Goddard Oxenbridge; contains a monumental effigies of him, and flamboyant traceries introduced by him: and is in good condition. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))