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Also known as Rotherfield, East Sussex

Rotherfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is one of the largest parishes in East Sussex. There are three villages in the parish: Rotherfield, Mark Cross and Eridge. The River Rother, which drains much of the county and discharges at Rye Harbour, has its source on the south side of the hill on which Rotherfield village is built.

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Place details

Locality
Wealden
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name
Rotherfield
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.static_image_name
Rotherfield Sussex street.JPG
UK place.static_image_caption
High Street, Rotherfield
UK place.area_total_km2
46.1
UK place.population
3,208
UK place.population_ref
(2011 census)
UK place.os_grid_reference
TQ556297
UK place.post_town
CROWBOROUGH
UK place.postcode_area
TN
UK place.postcode_district
TN6
UK place.dial_code
01892
UK place.constituency_westminster
Sussex Weald
UK place.london_distance
NNW
UK place.shire_district
Wealden
UK place.shire_county
East Sussex
UK place.website
Rotherfield Parish Council website

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Wealden
Population
3208
Area
46.1
Image
Rotherfield Sussex street.JPG
Dialing code
01892
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twinned administrative body
Saint-Chéron
Commons category
Rotherfield
postal code
TN6
OS grid reference
TQ556297
historic county
Sussex
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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Governance
  • Landmarks
  • The villages
  • Rotherfield
  • Eridge
  • Mark Cross
  • Boarshead
  • Education
  • Community projects
  • Religion
  • Transport
  • Leisure, culture and sport
  • Twin towns
  • Notable residents
  • References
  • External links

Rotherfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is one of the largest parishes in East Sussex. There are three villages in the parish: Rotherfield, Mark Cross and Eridge. The River Rother, which drains much of the county and discharges at Rye Harbour, has its source on the south side of the hill on which Rotherfield village is built.

==Etymology== The name Rotherfield is thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon redrefeld meaning cattle lands, although it has been speculated that it may have originally been called or Hrytheranfelda meaning ''Hrother's field''. On the south side of the hill on which the village of Rotherfield is built, the River Rother has its source. The main tributary of the River Arun in West Sussex has the same name, as does the river which runs through Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rotherfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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