Chelwood Gate
| Chelwood Gate | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Chelwood Gate Village Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ416299 |
| Location: | 51°2’53"N, -0°1’26"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Haywards Heath |
| Postcode: | RH17 |
| Dialling code: | 01825 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wealden |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Wealden |
Chelwood Gate is a small village by Danehill in Sussex. Its nearest town is Uckfield, which is about seven miles south-east of the village, just off the A22 road.
The village was at one of the entrances into Ashdown Forest, hence its name.
There is an Iron Age enclosure which is a Scheduled Monument due to its importance as a relatively rare example of a Wealden Iron Age settlement.[1]
Church
The village church, @, forms part of the Parish of All Saints Danehill with Chelwood Gate. The church was built as a chapel of ease not long after the main parish building in Danehill was completed, so that the residents local to Chelwood Gate would not have to travel the longer journey on foot to the church at Danehill.[2]
About the village
The village public house, the Red Lion, was built in the 19th century and was patronised in the past by Harold Macmillan and the American President John F Kennedy.[3] Kennedy came to visit the then Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, in 1963 and a memorial to this event can be found on the Wych Cross road within the village.[4]
The village also has a village hall, which hosts village events, a village market and a nursery school.
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1423862: Chelwood Gate Enclosure (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ "Chelwood Gate Church, Chelwood Gate". https://www.achurchnearyou.com/chelwood-gate/.
- ↑ "Red Lion, Chelwood" (in en). http://www.redlionchelwood.co.uk/.
- ↑ Simon. "Chelwood Gate Sussex - The Forest entrance and President Kennedy - an English Village UK". http://sussex.villagenet.co.uk/chelwoodgate.php.