Mayfield, East Sussex
Mayfield and Five Ashes is a civil parish in the High Weald of East Sussex, England. The two villages making up the principal part of the parish lie on the A267 road between Royal Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne: Mayfield, the larger of the two villages is south of Royal Tunbridge Wells; with Five Ashes being further south. On 1 April 1999 the parish was renamed from "Mayfield" to "Mayfield & Five Ashes". Mayfield village Every September the village hosts its annual carnival. This is to commemorate the four Protestants who were executed here on 24 September 1556, and being burnt at the stake in the village on ground that is opposite what is now Colkins Mill Church in Station Road. They are also commemorated in Lewes. The festivals are part of the Sussex bonfire tradition of marking the execution of Protestants by Queen (Bloody) Mary, and later, the discovery of the Catholic Gunpowder Plot. The procession marches through the village by torchlight on the third Saturday in Sept ...
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Wealden (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wealden may refer to: * Wealden District, a local government district in the county of East Sussex, England * Wealden Group, a group of rock strata in southern England, occasionally also referred to as the Wealden Supergroup * Wealden iron industry, was located in the Weald of south-eastern England. * Wealden (UK Parliament constituency), East Sussex constituency in the British House of Commons * Wealden hall house, is a type of vernacular medieval timber-framed hall house traditional in the south east of England. * Wealden Lake, a lake that existed during the Cretaceous * Wealden Line See also * Weald (other) {{disambig, geo ...
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