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Outside Buckhurst, many of the houses in the village were probably built to contain estate workers. A significant number of council houses were built in the post-war period at Balls Green, near a now-closed railway station.
Withyham was also home to the Gildredge family, who later moved to [[Eastbourne]], acquiring a large share of the town's land by purchase and through marriage.<ref>{{cite journal |page=100 |journal=Sussex Archaeological Collections |title=Letter of Congratulation, addressed to Sir Thomas Pelham, Bart, on his marriage with Judith Shirley, 1637 |year=1849|publisher=Sussex Archaeological Society |first=William |last=Raynes |volume=2 |doi=10.5284/1085068 |doi-access=free |via=Archaeology Data Service}}</ref> "Gildredge House and estate was formerly the property and residence of the family of the same name," says [[Thomas Walker Horsfield]] in his history of Sussex, "who afterwards (temp. Henry VIII) removed to and became lords of the manor of [[Eastbourne]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesussexweald.org/d10.asp?BookId=Hfield393|title=The Weald - Books, directories, magazines and pamphlets|website=Thesussexweald.org|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> Today's Gildredge Park in Eastbourne is named after the family. The Gildredge family was related to the Eversfield family, who eventually owned much of [[St. Leonards-on-Sea]], as well as to the [[Levett]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Attree |first=F. W. T. |title=Lists of Gentry at Various Dates, with Descriptions of the Arms of a Few Families Not Previously Noticed |journal=Sussex Archaeological Collections |volume=39 |year=1894 |doi=10.5284/1086058 |doi-access=free |page=120}}</ref>
According to the Sussex historian [[Mark Antony Lower]], the ancient house and estate of Gildredge "gave name to a family of considerable antiquity, who subsequently had their chief residence at Eastbourne, and gave their name to the manor of Eastbourne-Gildredge."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesussexweald.org/d10.asp?BookId=Lower2264|title=The Weald - Books, directories, magazines and pamphlets|website=Thesussexweald.org|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> Later the Gildredge lands were carried by marriage into the Gilbert family (today's [[Davies-Gilbert]] family), who continue to own much of Eastbourne.
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