Wartling

Wartling is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It lies between Bexhill and Hailsham, at the northern edge of the Pevensey Levels. The parish includes Boreham Street, 1.2 miles (2 km) north-east of Wartling on the A271 road.^[3][4]

Wartling
St Mary Magdalene parish church
Wartling Location within East Sussex
Area	11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi) [1]
Population	446 (2011)[2]
• Density	93/sq mi (36/km2)
OS grid reference	TQ657092
• London	49 miles (79 km) NNW
District	Wealden
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAILSHAM
Postcode district	BN27
Dialling code	01323
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Bexhill and Battle
Website	Parish council
List of places UK England East Sussex 50.86°N 0.35°E / 50.86; 0.35

Wartling is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when there was a chapel there. The current church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene was built in the 13th century, probably on the same site as the chapel. As with many villages on the Weald, the iron industry flourished here in the 17th and 18th centuries. Herons have nested in and around the village for well over a century.^[5]

Notable people

• Mascal Gyles, (died 1652), Vicar of Wartling and polemicist against bowing “at the name of Jesus”, as described in the hymn by Caroline Maria Noel
• John Richardson Major, Vicar of Wartling 1846 to 1851
• H.J.C. Turner, born in the Wartling Place the Rectory at Wartling in 1850, the son of the curate, played in the first rugby international in 1871.

St Mary Magdalene parish church

St Mary Magdalene is Grade I listed by Historic England.^[6] The chancel and nave are 13th-century, the north aisle and probably the now boarded bell turret are 14th-century and the south aisle is likely 15th-century. The south nave stained glass window depicting St Christopher was made by Hardman & Co in 1938. The carved heron lectern is from 1979.^[7]

The church is part of the United Benefice of St. Mary Magdalene Wartling and of All Saints Herstmonceux.^[8]

Carved heron lectern

Stained glass window depicting St Christopher

See also

• RAF Wartling