Wartling

Wartling
Wartling  Wartling shown within East Sussex
Area	11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi) [1]
Population	446 (2011)[2]
– density	93/sq mi (36/km2)
OS grid reference	TQ657092
– London	49 miles (79 km) NNW
District	Wealden
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAILSHAM
Postcode district	BN27
Dialling code	01323
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Bexhill and Battle
List of places UK England East Sussex

Coordinates: 50°52′N 0°21′E / 50.86°N 0.35°E / 50.86; 0.35

Wartling is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. The village is located between Bexhill and Hailsham, ten miles (16 km) west of the latter, and at the northern edge of the Pevensey Levels. The parish includes the two settlements of Wartling itself and Boreham Street, two miles (3 km) to the north-east on the A271 road to the north.^[3] There are seven members on the Wartling Parish Council.^[4]

Wartling is mentioned in the Domesday Book, when there was a chapel there. The current church, dedicated to St Mary Magdalene and linked with that at Herstmonceux,^[5] was built in the 13th century, probably on the same site as the chapel had been. As with many villages on the Weald the iron industry flourished here in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Notable residents

• H.J.C. Turner, born in Wartling in 1850, the son of the curate, played in the first rugby international in 1871.

See also

• RAF Wartling

References

External links

Media related to Wartling at Wikimedia Commons