Mountfield, East Sussex
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Mountfield 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the Rother district of
East Sussex East Sussex is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Kent to the north-east, West Sussex to the west, Surrey to the north-west, and the English Channel to the south. The largest settlement ...
, England, and three miles (5 km) north-west of
Battle A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force co ...
. It 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 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
''. The parish church is dedicated to All Saints. Mountfield and
Whatlington Whatlington is a village and civil parish in the Rother District, Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is north of Hastings, just off the A21 road (England), A21 road. The village is in two parts, one in the valley on the road ...
Church of England Primary School is at the road junction in the nearby hamlet of Johns Cross by the A21 and the
A2100 road List of A roads in zone 2 in Great Britain starting south of the River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it i ...
s further north. The parish includes the linear settlement of Vinehall Street, to the south from Johns Cross, which contains the independent
Vinehall School Vinehall School is a co-educational day, boarding school, and nursery located on Vinehall Street, in the town of Robertsbridge, East Sussex. It takes children from ages 2 to 13.http://www.vinehallschool.com Vinehall School Homepage The school ...
.


Governance

The lowest level of government is the Mountfield parish council. The parish council is responsible for local amenities including two playing fields and a children's play area. Elections are held every four years. The May 2011 election was uncontested. Rother District council provides the next level of government with services such as refuse collection, planning consent, leisure amenities and council tax collection. Mountfield is part of the Darwell Ward. East Sussex county council is the third tier of government, providing education, libraries and highway maintenance. Mountfield falls within the Battle and Crowhurst ward. The UK Parliament constituency for Mountfield is
Bexhill and Battle Bexhill and Battle () is a constituency in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Kieran Mullan of the Conservative Party. Constituency profile The constituency is predominantly rural, like Wealde ...
. Prior to
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in 2020, the village was part of the
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constituency in the
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.


Landmarks

There are two
Sites of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle ...
within the parish.
River Line The River Line (stylized as River LINE) is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) service in South Jersey, southern New Jersey that connects the cities of Camden, New Jersey, Camden and Trenton, New Jersey, Trento ...
is a section of river noted for its geological features as it cuts through many layers from the
late Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third Epoch (geology), epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time scale, geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 143.1 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic stratum, strata.Owen ...
and
early Cretaceous The Early Cretaceous (geochronology, geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphy, chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 143.1 ...
periods.
Darwell Wood Darwell Wood is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Battle in East Sussex. Species Most of the wood is made-up of coppices of hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) with oak (Quercus robur) standards. Under the dense tree canopy ...
is a broadleaved woodland of biological interest. It has a number of streams flowing through it on the way to
Darwell Reservoir Darwell Reservoir lies to the west of Mountfield, East Sussex, England. The reservoir provides water for Southern Water customers. The reservoir covers around 156 acres (63.4 hectares) and is just over a mile long. Work began on its constructio ...
. Two miles north-west of the village are the overgrown vestigial remains of
Glottenham Castle Glottenham Castle was a castle in Mountfield, East Sussex, around north of Battle Abbey. Built in the 13th century, it was abandoned in the late 16th or 17th century. History The Sussex manor of Glottenham has had boundary ditches since the 1 ...
, a twelfth-century fortified manor house, surrounded by a moat now mostly dry.


References


Mountfield community web site


External links

{{authority control Villages in East Sussex Civil parishes in East Sussex Rother District