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{{short description |Village in East Sussex, England}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
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| shire_district = [[Lewes District|Lewes]]
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| website = [http://www.wivelsfield.
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'''Wivelsfield''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɪ|v|əl|z|ˌ|f|iː|əl|d}}) village and the larger adjacent village of Wivelsfield Green are the core of the [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of Wivelsfield in the [[Lewes (district)|Lewes District]] of [[East Sussex]], England. The villages are {{convert|9.3|mi}} north of the city of [[Brighton and Hove]].
Wivelsfield parish is located on a ridge that
The
Despite Wivelsfield being as biodiverse as the best protected places in the [[Weald]], it lies in a landscape without statutory protection, and county planners are allowing an
==History==
Wivelsfield grew during the late Saxon and early Norman
In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, 1
[[Ote Hall Chapel|Ote Hall Congregational Chapel]] was erected in
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, Wivelsfield was the focus of a small group of local [[dissenter]]s (Particular Baptists). In 1763, they broke from the larger [[Ditchling Unitarian Chapel|General Baptist community]] at nearby [[Ditchling]] and formed a new meeting under Henry Booker, using a chapel built in 1780 ([[Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, Wivelsfield|Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel]]) which remains in use. The surviving records and memorandum books, as well as Henry Booker's memoirs, provide insights into a small rural religious community of the period.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
The growth of [[Haywards Heath]] during the late 19th century meant some urbanisation to the north on the old Wivelsfield portion of Haywards Heath common. This part along with the former [[St Francis Hospital, Haywards Heath|St Francis Hospital]] built as a lunatic asylum in 1859 were transferred out of the parish in 1934.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
==Notable buildings and areas==
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|title = '''Nearest parishes'''
|Centre = Wivelsfield
|Northwest = [[Ansty
|Northeast = [[Lindfield Rural]]
|North = [[Haywards Heath]]
|East = [[Chailey]]
|West = [[Ansty
|Southwest = [[Burgess Hill]]
|Southeast = [[Plumpton, East Sussex]]
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The village lies in the [[Weald|Low
The north of the parish includes several woods and small farms south of [[Haywards Heath]], separated from the nucleus of the village to the south by the Pellingford Brook, a tributary of the [[River Ouse, Sussex|River Ouse]] that flows to [[Newhaven, East Sussex|Newhaven]]. Despite the influence of this brook, almost half of the parish drains west to the [[River Adur]], which flows to [[Shoreham by Sea]], reflecting the gently undulating terrain.
As a settlement originally based on
===Historic buildings===
There are more than 20 listed buildings in the parish.<ref>[http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/mapsearch.aspx English Heritage The Official List (Listed Buildings)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424060625/http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/mapsearch.aspx |date=24 April 2012 }}</ref>
====The Church of St Peter and St John the Baptist====
[[File:St_Peter_and_St_John_the_Baptist,_Wivelsfield.jpg|left|thumb|St Peter and St John the Baptist, Wivelsfield]]
Old Wivelsfield parish church ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 338 207}}) sits high on the Long Ridge's ancient east-west trackway that runs eastwards from Bedelands, past Theobalds, Antye, Lunces, and on beyond More Farm. It was built on the
The sandstone rubble of Wivelsfield church is thought to have been quarried from adjacent Lunce's Common. The
====Great Ote Hall====
[[File:Great_Ote_Hall_(geograph_2363086).jpg|left|thumb|Great Ote Hall]]
In the southwest of the parish is Great Ote Hall ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 331 202}}). It is a grand, timber framed Tudor mansion and a [[grade I listed building]], behind a screen of woodland.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1223018 |access-date=7 June 2009}}</ref> The east wing of the building was built
==== Theobalds and Antye ====
[[File:Antye_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2353866.jpg|thumb|Antye House]]
In the far west, in the part that merges with the north of Burgess Hill by [[Wivelsfield station|Wivelsfield Station]], is Theobalds ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 325 206}}), a Grade II* [[listed building]]. It is of the 16th and 18th
Also in the far west is Antye ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 325 206}}). The Antye farm house has at its core a timber
=== Streams ===
[[File:Bridge,_River_Adur_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2363134.jpg|left|thumb|Bridge, River Adur]]
The Pellingford Brook, a tributary of the [[River Ouse, Sussex|River Ouse]], rises near Cleavewater Farm before heading east. It divides the parish and heavily influences its character. To the western side of the parish the eastern branch of the [[River Adur]] runs from its source on [[Ditchling Common]]. Unlike the streams straightened for mill leats, impoundments and drainage at
===Countryside===
The parish still retains its agricultural air. It still has many rich woodlands, much marshland and a number of green lanes. The growth of settlement within the parish has centred around Wivelsfield Green, which straggles along the road to [[Chailey]]'s North Common. The area around the church, which was never very big, remains some distance away.
====To the west====
[[File:Pond_next_to_Tilebarn_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2415523.jpg|left|thumb|Pond next to Tilebarn Wood]]
A [[hornbeam]]-hedged green lane tracks north from Antye to Tilebarn Wood ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 330 210}}) a [[hornbeam]] coppice with [[Campanula rotundifolia|bluebells]] and [[holly]]
====To the north====
[[File:Old_Track,_Bankey_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2356641.jpg|thumb|Old Track, Bankey Wood]]
Hurst and Bankey Woods ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 348 221}}) and Cains Wood
====To the east====
[[File:Colwell_Lane_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2369587.jpg|left|thumb|Colwell Lane]]
Both Colwell Lane ({{gbmappingsmall|TQ 345 223}}) and Ham Lane
==== To the south ====
[[File:Ruins_of_Old_Barn_near_Lashmar_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1703897.jpg|left|thumb|Ruins of Old Barn near Lashmar Wood]]
A patchwork of smallish woods and fields sit on the site of 'The Bishoprick', the lost Stanmer and Wivelsfield Common enclosed in
==Amenities==
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==Governance==
Wivelsfield is governed at the local level by Wivelsfield Parish Council, which consists of nine councillors who meet
The next level of government is [[Lewes District|Lewes District Council]]. District councils supply services such as refuse collection, planning, leisure amenities and council tax collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmispublic.lewes.gov.uk/Public/Members.aspx#Chailey_and_Wivelsfield|title=Election Results: updated from elections 2004, 2007, 2011|access-date=16 June 2012|publisher=Lewes District Council|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523025552/http://cmispublic.lewes.gov.uk/Public/Members.aspx#Chailey_and_Wivelsfield|archive-date=23 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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==Transport==
Bus services are provided by a number of operators including [[Metrobus (South East England)|Metrobus]],<ref>[https://www.metrobus.co.uk/route-information/ Route Information] - Metrobus</ref> Compass Travel<ref>[https://www.compass-travel.co.uk/compass-timetables/bus-timetables/ Bus Timetables] - Compass Travel</ref> and Seaford & District.<ref>[https://www.seafordanddistrict.co.uk/bus-times-fares/ Bus timetable and fares] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630174304/https://www.seafordanddistrict.co.uk/bus-times-fares/ |date=30 June 2019 }} - Seaford & District Motor Services</ref>
[[Wivelsfield railway station]] within [[Burgess Hill]] lies {{Convert|1.38|mi|km}} from the village by straight-line distance, or approximately {{Convert|2.3|mi|km}} on foot on some roads with no suitable [[Pavers (flooring)|pavements]].
==In culture, media and sport==
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==Notable people==
*[[William Rees Jeffreys]], transport campaigner, lived in Wivelsfield, dying at Wivelsfield Hall in 1954.
*[[Eric Roberts (spy)|Eric Roberts]], an agent for [[MI5]] and the [[Secret Intelligence Service]], was born in Wivelsfield in 1907. In World War II, Roberts, using the alias Jack King, infiltrated groups of Nazi sympathisers and disrupted their spying activities.<ref name=Telegraph_Malnick>{{cite news|last1=Malnick|first1=Edward|title=MI5 Spy who Cracked Nazi Ring Revealed as Surrey Bank Clerk Eric Roberts|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11183459/MI5-spy-who-cracked-Nazi-ring-revealed-as-Surrey-bank-clerk-Eric-Roberts.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024042253/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11183459/MI5-spy-who-cracked-Nazi-ring-revealed-as-Surrey-bank-clerk-Eric-Roberts.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2014|access-date=18 October 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=24 October 2014}}</ref>
==References==
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