Hadlow Down

Hadlow Down
Hadlow Down

 Hadlow Down shown within East Sussex
Area  17.0 km2 (6.6 sq mi) [1]
Population 715 (Parish-2007)[1]
    - Density  109 /sq mi (42 /km2)
OS grid reference TQ533240
    - London  37 miles (60 km) NNW 
District Wealden
Shire county East Sussex
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town UCKFIELD
Postcode district TN22
Dialling code 01825
Police Sussex
Fire East Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Wealden
Website http://www.hadlowdown.com
List of places: UK • England • East Sussex
For the village in Kent, see Hadlow.

Hadlow Down is a village and civil parish[2] in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is located on the A272 road three miles (4.8 km) north-east of Heathfield. The parish is within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It came to prominence with the Wealden iron industry in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The parish church, built and consecrated in 1836, is dedicated to St Mark, and was rebuilt just before World War I.[3][4] Edmond William Costello (1873-1949), holder of the Victoria Cross, is buried in the churchyard; and Diana Rowden (1915–44), SOE agent, lived at Hadlow Down before World War II. A former Calvinistic Baptist chapel, Providence Chapel, stands on Main Road; it was built in 1849 and converted into a house in 1996.[5]

There is a village school: Hadlow Down CE Primary School.[6]

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Leisure

Wilderness Wood, a 61 acre (24.6 ha) of woodland, is located here,[7] as is the Great Bush Railway.

Cricket

Hadlow Down merged in 2007 with a Brighton-based club, Moulsecoomb Wanderers, to form Hadlow Down and Moulsecoomb Wanderers Cricket Club, or HDMWCC.[8]. HDMWCC play league and friendly cricket, currently competing in Division 8 of the East Sussex Cricket League.

Landmarks

Two Sites of Special Scientific Interest are located within the parish. Hastingford Cutting is of geological interest, the cutting exposing a sequence of rocks indicating a lake/lagoon shoreface once existed at the site.[9] Stockland Farm Meadows is a site of biological importance, consisting of two meadows, the grassland providing habitat for a variety of flora and fauna.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/. Retrieved 2008-04-26. 
  2. ^ Hadlow Down community website
  3. ^ St Marks church history
  4. ^ St Marks church today
  5. ^ Elleray, D. Robert (2004). Sussex Places of Worship. Worthing: Optimus Books. p. 26. ISBN 0-95-331-3271. 
  6. ^ Primary School
  7. ^ Wilderness Wood
  8. ^ Hadlow Down and Moulsecoomb Wanderers Cricket Club
  9. ^ "Natural England - SSSI (Hastingford Cutting)". English Nature. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1005977. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 
  10. ^ "Natural England - SSSI (Stockland Farm Meadows)". English Nature. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1006353. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 

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