Warbleton
| Warbleton | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church, Warbleton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ605186 |
| Location: | 50°56’26"N, 0°17’22"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,375 (2011) |
| Post town: | Heathfield |
| Postcode: | TN21 |
| Dialling code: | 01435 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wealden |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bexhill and Battle |
Warbleton is a tiny village in Sussex, sitting to the south-east of Heathfield on the slopes of the Weald.
While Warbleton itself is small, its wider parish encompasses also two villages, Rushlake Green and Bodle Street Green, and a hamlet, Three Cups. All is in an area of the Weald between the A267 road between Hailsham and Heathfield to the west and the B2096 Hailsham to Battle road to the north.
Name
The name 'Warbleton' is derived from the Old English Wærburga tun, which means Wærburh's farmstead or village, after an otherwise unidentified lady. In the Domesday Book (1086) the name is recorded as Warborgetone. It is subsequently recorded as Warberton (1166), Walberton (1340), and Warbleton (1404).[1][2]
History
The manor of Warbleton was held by the Levett family of Sussex for several centuries. The same family held Salehurst, and had earlier held Firle, Catsfield, Hollington and other manors across Sussex.[3] The family is of Anglo-Norman descent, and members of the family were vicars, ironmasters, and landowners. The Levetts of Salehurst, Warbleton and Fittleworth owned Bodiam Castle and sold it to Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet.[4] Some of the Levett family's property was forfeited due to the bankruptcy of an early heir, and other lands were carried by marriage into other prominent Sussex and Kent families. Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, once owned a house in the parish named Kingsley Hill.
Churches
The parish church is St Mary the Virgin, in Warbleton village.
Another church stands at Bodle Street Green: St John the Evangelist.[5] The two form a united benefice under one vicar. Further, there is a chapel at Three Cups.
Society
Warbleton has a village hall; and a second, Dunn Village Hall, is at Rushlake Green.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Warbleton) |
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Glover, Judith (1986). The Place Names of Sussex. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd.
- ↑ Attree, F. W. T. (1894). "Lists of Gentry at Various Dates, with Descriptions of the Arms of a Few Families Not Previously Noticed". Sussex Archaeological Collections 39: 122. doi:10.5284/1086058.
- ↑ Valuation of Bodiam Castle and manor and of Broomham manor preparatory to its purchase by Sir Nicholas Tufton from John Levett, East Sussex Record Office, The National Archives, nationalarchives.gov.uk
- ↑ Sussex Churches: Bodle Street Green
