Westmeston
Also known as Westmeston, East Sussex
Westmeston is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England heavily dependent in amenities on larger Ditchling to the near-immediate northwest. It is four miles (6 km) south-southeast of Burgess Hill and (10 km) west of Lewes, on the northern slopes of the South Downs.
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21 sectionsContents
- History
- Landmarks
- Notable buildings and areas
- St Martin's Church
- Gallops Farm
- Streams
- Roman roads
- Woods
- West Wood
- Bushycommon Wood
- Blackbrook Wood
- Sedlow Wood
- Scarp and downland
- High Park Farm
- Westmeston and Middleton Bostal, chalkpit and slopes
- Home and Western Brow
- Big Bottom
- Governance
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Westmeston is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England heavily dependent in amenities on larger Ditchling to the near-immediate northwest. It is four miles (6 km) south-southeast of Burgess Hill and (10 km) west of Lewes, on the northern slopes of the South Downs.
The name Westmeston comes from Saxon English meaning the most westerly farm, probably from Plumpton.
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