Hadlow Down

For the village in Kent, see Hadlow.

Hadlow Down
Hadlow Down is located in East Sussex
Hadlow Down
Hadlow Down
Location within East Sussex
Area17.0 km2 (6.6 sq mi) [1]
Population857 (Parish-2011)[2]
• Density109/sq mi (42/km2)
OS grid referenceTQ533240
• London37 miles (60 km) NNW
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townUCKFIELD
Postcode districtTN22
Dialling code01825
PoliceSussex
FireEast Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
Websitehttp://www.hadlowdown.com
List of places
UK
England
East Sussex
51°00′N 0°11′E / 51.00°N 0.18°E / 51.00; 0.18

Hadlow Down is a village and civil parish[3] in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It is located on the A272 road three miles (4.8 km) north-west 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. In 2011 the parish had a population of 857. The majority of the population now works outside the parish, but it still has a strong community atmosphere centred on the New Inn pub, St. Mark's school and St. Mark's church.

The parish church, St. Mark's, was first built and consecrated in 1836 and rebuilt just before World War I.[4][5] 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 chapel, Providence Chapel, stands on Main Road; it was built in 1849 and converted into a house in 1996.[6]

The village school is St Mark's CE Primary School.[7] The village pub is the New Inn, which is a historic Grade II listed building.[8]

  1. ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ^ Hadlow Down community website
  4. ^ "St Marks church history". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  5. ^ St Marks church today
  6. ^ Elleray, D. Robert (2004). Sussex Places of Worship. Worthing: Optimus Books. p. 26. ISBN 0-9533132-7-1.
  7. ^ St Marks CE Primary School
  8. ^ "Britain's Historic Pub Interiors - Pub Heritage".