Wartling is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
Wealden District of
East Sussex, England, between
Bexhill and
Hailsham
Hailsham is a town, a civil parish and the administrative centre of the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.OS Explorer map Eastbourne and Beachy Head Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Da ...
, ten miles (16 km) west of the latter at the northern edge of the
Pevensey Levels
Pevensey Levels is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Bexhill-on-Sea and Hailsham in East Sussex. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, a Ramsar site and a Special Area of Conservation. An area of is a nati ...
. The parish includes Wartling itself and Boreham Street, two miles (3 km) north-east on the A271 road.
Wartling is mentioned in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
, when there was a chapel there. The current church, dedicated to
St Mary Magdalene and linked with that at
Herstmonceux
Herstmonceux ( , ; ) is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, which includes Herstmonceux Castle.
The Herstmonceux Medieval Festival is held annually in August.
History
The name comes from Anglo-Saxo ...
,
Herstmonceux and Wartling parishes website
/ref> was built in the 13th century, probably on the same site as the chapel. As with many villages on the Weald, the iron
Iron () is a chemical element with Symbol (chemistry), symbol Fe (from la, Wikt:ferrum, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 element, group 8 of the periodic table. It is, Abundanc ...
industry flourished here in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Notable people
*John Richardson Major
John Richardson Major (1797 – 29 February 1876) was a Church of England clergyman who spent most of his life as a schoolmaster. He served as Master of Wisbech Grammar School and later as the first head master of King's College School, London.
E ...
, Vicar of Wartling 1846 to 1851
* H.J.C. Turner, born in the Wartling Place the Rectory at Wartling in 1850, the son of the curate, played in the first rugby international in 1871.
See also
*RAF Wartling
RAF Wartling was a Royal Air Force station located near the village of Wartling in East Sussex. It was a Second World War and later Cold War Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) station built to complement the nearby Chain Home station at RA ...
References
External links
Villages in East Sussex
Civil parishes in East Sussex
Wealden District
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