| Ninfield | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Mary The Virgin, Ninfield | |
  Ninfield Location within East Sussex | |
| Area | 10.6 km2 (4.1 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 1,562 (2011)[2] |
| • Density | 372/sq mi (144/km2) |
| OS grid reference | TQ706124 |
| • London | 49 miles (79 km) NNW |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BATTLE |
| Postcode district | TN33 |
| Dialling code | 01424 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | East Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Ninfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. The village is quite linear and centred 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Bexhill-on-Sea where two roads cross: the A269 from Bexhill to Battle and the A271 to Hailsham. The parish covers 2,500 acres (1,010 ha); approximately the northern half of which is in the High Weald AONB.
To the west of the village is Standard Hill, said to be the place that William the Conqueror placed his flag (2 lions of Normandy standard) before the Battle of Hastings.[3] As with many other Wealden villages, it was involved in the iron industry: that fact is commemorated by the presence in the village of a set of iron stocks. Smuggling was also rife in the eighteenth century.
The village name is said to come from the fact that it was originally composed of nine and three quarter fields.[citation needed] A legal record, of 1452, mentioning a Sussex village as "Nempnefeld", may refer to Ninfield. [4]
- ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Historical notes, Vision of Britain website
- ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; image seen at: 4th entry down; Sussex in the margin; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT3/H6/CP40no764/aCP40no764fronts/IMG_0391.htm