Little Horsted
| Little Horsted | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Little Horsted Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ469183 |
| Location: | 50°57’0"N, -0°5’24"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 233 (2011) |
| Post town: | Uckfield |
| Postcode: | TN22 |
| Dialling code: | 01825 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wealden |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Wealden |
Little Horsted is a village in Sussex, sitting two miles to the south of Uckfield, on the A26 road.
The village is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
The church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.
A grand country house, Horsted Place, now a country hotel, is located in the village. Also here are two golf courses, including the East Sussex National.
History
Among the entrepreneurs of the early Wealden iron industry were the Levett family. The family's iron interests were begun by John Levett of Little Horsted. On Levett's early death,[1] his share of the family's interests in the emerging iron industry of the Weald went to his brother, an Oxford-trained rector in Buxted. William Levett took to his unlikely role and became the leading armaments supplier to the King. In his will of 1533, John Levett left his iron mills and furnaces to his brother, with the provision that his children be cared for with the proceeds. Levett's widow Eve Adam remarried Laurence Ashburnham,[2] ancestor of the Ashburnham baronets of Broomham, Sussex.[3]
Landmarks
Within the parish is the Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum.
There is a Site of Special Scientific Interest partly within the parish: Plashett Park Wood. This is a site of biological importance as an area of ancient woodland. It provides a habitat for a variety of breeding birds plus a number of rarer invertebrates and flora.[4]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Will of John Levett, Little Horsted, Gent., East Sussex Record Office, The National Archives, nationalarchives.gov.uk
- ↑ Marriage of Eve (Adam) Levett to Laurence Ashburnham, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5, Edward Hasted, 1798, Institute of Historical Research, British History Online, british-history.ac.uk
- ↑ Will of John Levett, LIttle Horsted, Gent., East Sussex Record Office, Lewes, nationalarchives.gov.uk
- ↑ SSSI listing and designation for Plashett Park Wood