Whatlington

Whatlington
St Mary Magdalen parish church
Whatlington is located in East Sussex
Whatlington
Whatlington
Location within East Sussex
Area6.0 km2 (2.3 sq mi) [1]
Population374 (Parish-2011)[2]
• Density172/sq mi (66/km2)
OS grid referenceTQ762185
• London47 miles (76 km) NW
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBATTLE
Postcode districtTN33
Dialling code01424
PoliceSussex
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AmbulanceSouth East Coast
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50°56′N 0°31′E / 50.94°N 0.51°E / 50.94; 0.51

Whatlington is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is seven miles (11 km) north of Hastings, just off the A21 road.

Royal Oak pub

The village is in two parts, one in the valley on the road from Battle, where the church and the parish hall lie on either side of the stream, and one a mile or so further on the main A21 to Hastings, with a triangular village green in front of the Royal Oak pub and restaurant.

The Norman parish church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene;[3] the yew tree which stood there until 1987 was traditionally thought to be one thousand years old, and to have been used by William the Conqueror to hang members of King Harold's personal guard.[4] Malcolm Muggeridge lived with his family in Whatlington; both he and his wife are buried in the churchyard.

On the main road a now disused chapel serves as a commercial business.[5]

The early feminist Barbara Bodichon was born here in 1827.[6]

  1. ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ^ "St Mary Magdalene, Whatlington, East Sussex". roughwood.net. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ Sussex online parish clerks 'Historical Notes about St Mary Magdalene Church'
  5. ^ "White Chapel, Woodmans Green, Whatlington, East Sussex". roughwood.net. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  6. ^ Hirsch, Pam. "Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2755. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)