Ticehurst
| Ticehurst | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 The Bell Inn Hotel | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ689302 |
| Location: | 51°2’60"N, 0°24’36"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 3,873 (2011) |
| Post town: | Wadhurst |
| Postcode: | TN5 |
| Dialling code: | 01580 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rother |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bexhill and Battle |
| Website: | Ticehurst Parish Council |
Ticehurst is a village in Sussex. The parish lies in the upper reaches of both the Bewl stream before it enters Bewl Water and in the upper reaches of the River Rother flowing to the south-east. It stands to the south-east of Tunbridge Wells, about ten miles away.
The parish includes Flimwell and Stonegate. The linear settlements of Berner's Hill and Union Street lie between Ticehurst and Flimwell.
The parish church is St Mary's, a 14th-century church[1]
History
Ticehurst does not appear in the Domesday Book; the manor came into being in the 14th century. Pashley Manor[2] is also mentioned at the same time, and is within the parish.[3]
The village's name derives from Old English; there are two possible derivations. The most plausible one is that it means wood on the Teise from the river; the second roughly translates as 'The wooded hill where young goats graze', ticce(n) + hyrst.[4] (1248, Tycheherst)[5]
The village
There is an active village club, which runs regular social events, and a monthly newsletter "News & Views" which is produced by a team of volunteers. The village school serves both Ticehurst and Flimwell.[6] There is also a comprehensive website [1] covering most of the activities in the community.
Ticehurst House Hospital (now part of the Priory Group) specialises in the treatment of psychiatric disorders and is located on the western edge of the village. Samuel Newington opened the original Ticehurst House in 1792, as a place dedicated to the care and treatment of psychiatric illness.[7]
From 1974 to July 2018 the village was home to the headquarters of the Antiquarian Horological Society, at New House, on the village square.
The village has first pick-your-own fruit farm to open in Britain: Maynard's Fruit Farm. Outside the village there are dairies at Northiam and Stonegate, a bakery at Bodiam, family butcher in Etchingham, a smokery in Flimwell and two more pubs at Three Leg Cross and Dale Hill.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ticehurst) |
References
- ↑ St Mary the Virgin church, Ticehurst
- ↑ Pashley Manor Gardens: a visitor attraction
- ↑ A Compendious History of Sussex Vol II, Mark Antony Lower 1870 Google Books
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names, ISBN 0-19-280074-4
- ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/629; year 1418; Tychesherst in Sussex appears in the third entry of http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/bCP40no629dorses/IMG_1243.htm
- ↑ Ticehurst and Flimwell CE School
- ↑ Ticehurst House Hospital
