Piddinghoe is a parish, one mile north from Newhaven station, on the river Ouse, 56½ miles from London, and 6 south from Lewes. The church has a round tower, with shingled spire, chancel, nave, and north aisle, and appears to have formerly had an aisle on the south side also. The area is 2,658 acres, and the population in 1861 was 243.