 The scattered settlements at Lower Dicker and Upper Dicker developed slowly and only gained their present names in the 18th century.Lower Dicker is now a linear settlement along the A22, but in the early 19th century little existed at the "lower end of the Diccar ... in Hellingly Parish" other than a brickworks.There were a few farms on the common land, though, and many of their occupants were Nonconformists rather than followers of the Church of England.