Wivelsfield
Sign in to saveWivelsfield () village and the larger adjacent village of Wivelsfield Green are the core of the civil parish of Wivelsfield in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The villages are north of the city of Brighton and Hove.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Wivelsfield
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wivelsfield
- UK place.static_image_name
- Woodley House, South Road - geograph.org.uk - 1529957.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Woodley House, South Road
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 10.8
- UK place.population
- 1,980
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish-2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ341204
- UK place.post_town
- HAYWARDS HEATH
- UK place.postcode_area
- RH
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Lewes
- Population
- +1980
- Area
- +10.8
- Shares border with
- Haywards Heath
- Image
- Parish Church of St.Peter and St.John the Baptist - geograph.org.uk - 24030.jpg
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- P7959
- Sussex
Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Notable buildings and areas
- Historic buildings
- The Church of St Peter and St John the Baptist
- Great Ote Hall
- Theobalds and Antye
- Streams
- Countryside
- To the west
- To the north
- To the east
- To the south
- Amenities
- Governance
- Transport
- In culture, media and sport
- Notable people
- References
Wivelsfield () village and the larger adjacent village of Wivelsfield Green are the core of the civil parish of Wivelsfield in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The villages are north of the city of Brighton and Hove.
Wivelsfield parish is located on a ridge that acts as a watershed between the rivers Adur and Ouse. It lies south of Haywards Heath, and east of Burgess Hill, which are both comparative newcomer settlements, owing their existence to the coming of the railway in the 1840s. Wivelsfield is much older, and was first mentioned in an 8th century charter, whilst Bronze Age and Roman finds indicate even earlier origins of settlement in the area.