Mountfield, Sussex

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Mountfield
Sussex
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The junction of Church Road and Hoath Hill, Mountfield
Location
Grid reference: TQ742203
Location: 50°57’22"N, 0°28’47"E
Data
Population: 616  (2011, parish)
Post town: Robertsbridge
Postcode: TN32
Dialling code: 01580
Local Government
Council: Rother
Parliamentary
constituency:
Bexhill and Battle
Website: mountfield.org.uk

Mountfield is a village in Sussex three miles north-west of Battle.

The village is listed in the Domesday Book.[1]

The parish church is dedicated to All Saints; Mountfield and Whatlington Church of England Primary School is at the road junction in the nearby hamlet of Johns Cross by the A21 and the A2100 roads further north.

About the village

There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest within the parish. River Line is a section of river noted for its geological features as it cuts through many layers from the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.[2] Darwell Wood is a broadleaved woodland of biological interest. It has a number of streams flowing through it on the way to Darwell Reservoir.[3]

Two miles north-west of the village are the overgrown vestigial remains of Glottenham Castle, a twelfth-century fortified manor house, surrounded by a moat now mostly dry.[4]

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