Framfield
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Framfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is located 2 miles (3km) east of Uckfield. There is a 13th century church, and Celtic and Roman remains.
It is thought that Celtic settlers then the Romans settled in Framfield as there are many bloomeries nearby, together with the Weald Way , the ancient route across Sussex.
A wooden church was built here after 680AD and probably before 838AD when King Egbert gave the parish to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The parishes given to the Archbishop were known as peculiars.
The current church was started about 1288AD, but in 1509AD a fire burned out all the wooden parts of the church, some repairs were carried out but until 1891 the tower remained in ruin. The then High Sheriff of Sussex Robert Thornton had the tower rebuilt to its current glory.
In the church is a brass of Sir Edward Gage ( son of Sir John Gage of Firle ) the Sheriff of Sussex, who in 1556 had the dubious honour of supervising the burning at the stake of the Lewes martyrs .
The churchyard contains two more examples of the work of Jonathan Harmer from Heathfield , who in the early 1800's produced gravestones with terracotta plaques
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