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| population = 1,980
| population_ref = (Parish-2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130840&c=RH17+7QA&d=16&e=62&g=6421092&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1444576429299&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|
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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> most highly listed are
*The Church of St Peter and St John the Baptist (see above, Grade II*).<ref>{{NHLE|num=1222972|accessdate=16 June 2012}} List Entry details of the Church of St Peter and St John the Baptist</ref>
*In the southwest, [[Great Ote Hall]], a [[grade I listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1223018 |accessdate=7 June 2009}}</ref> The east wing of the building was built in approximately 1550.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1223018|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref> The west part of the building dates from 1600 though its history can be traced back to the 13th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otehallfarm.co.uk/great-ote-hall/history|title=The History of Great Ote Hall|publisher=Ote Hall Farm|
*In the far west, in the part that merges with the north of Burgess Hill by Wivelsfield Station, is Theobalds, a Grade II* [[listed building]]. Its rear wing is 17th century or older and the main door is studded with the date 1627. The Attree family occupied the house from before 1600 to 1823; in 1537 Thomas Attree parted with Ote Hall, which the Attree family had owned since John Attree in 1437.<ref name=hcs/><ref>{{NHLE|num=1223095|accessdate=16 June 2012}} Theobalds</ref>
==Governance==
Wivelsfield is governed at the local level by Wivelsfield Parish Council, which consists of nine councillors who meet twice monthly. The parish council is responsible for local amenities such as the provision of litter bins, bus shelters and allotments. They also provide a voice into district council meetings. The May 2007 election was uncontested.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lewes.gov.uk/Files/Elections_Results_TownParish.pdf|title=Candidates – Town and Parish Council Elections|
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. The 2011 elections returned:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmispublic.lewes.gov.uk/Public/Members.aspx#Chailey_and_Wivelsfield|title=Election Results: updated from elections 2004, 2007, 2011|
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Wivelsfield also elects a councillor every four years to [[East Sussex County Council]], for the Chailey ward. The ward includes the parishes of [[Chailey]], [[Ditchling]], [[East Chiltington]], [[Newick]], [[Plumpton, East Sussex|Plumpton]], [[St John Without]], [[Streat]] and [[Westmeston]]. The County Council provides services such as roads and transport, social services, libraries and trading standards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/about/people/councillors/find/chailey/|title=Find your county councillor|
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*The English folk singer [[Martin Carthy]] produced an LP record entitled 'Sweet Wivelsfield' released in 1974.
*The [[1994 Tour de France]]'s fourth stage, from Dover, went via London to Wivelsfield, ending in Brighton.
*Wivelsfield Green is reputed to be the inspiration for the 1960s children's television series [[Camberwick Green]] by [[Gordon Murray (puppeteer)|Gordon Murray]], (along with nearby [[Plumpton, East Sussex|Plumpton]] as [[Trumpton]] and [[Chailey]] as [[Chigley]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.t-web.co.uk/trumpvil.htm|title=In Search of the Real Trumptonshire|publisher=Trumptonshire Web|
==Notable people==
[[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|
==References==
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