Fletching, East Sussex

Village in East Sussex, England

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Human settlement in England

Fletching

Fletching village

Fletching

Location within East Sussex

Area| 25.7 km2 (9.9 sq mi) [1]
Population| 1,064 (2011)[2]
• Density| 105/sq mi (41/km2)
OS grid reference| TQ428234
• London| 36 miles (58 km) N
Civil parish|

* Fletching

District|

* Wealden

Shire county|

* East Sussex

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| UCKFIELD
Postcode district| TN22
Dialling code| 01825
Police| Sussex
Fire| East Sussex
Ambulance| South East Coast
UK Parliament|

* Wealden

List of places

England
East Sussex

50°59′N 0°02′E﻿ / ﻿50.99°N 0.03°E﻿ / 50.99; 0.03

Fletching is a village[3] and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is located three miles (4.8 km) to the north-west of Uckfield, near one of the entrances to Sheffield Park. The A272 road crosses the parish. The settlement of Piltdown is part of the parish. The Piltdown Man discovery in 1912 was thought to be the missing link between humans and apes. The significance of the specimen remained controversial until, amidst great publicity, and much embarrassment in scientific circles, it was exposed in 1953 as a forgery thought to have been committed by Charles Dawson.

The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Flescinge, an Old English name meaning "(settlement of) the family or followers of a man called Flecci."[4] Despite this, the name has given rise to a belief that the village was a medieval centre for arrow production.[3]

The hamlet of Sharpsbridge lies in the south of the parish.

Church of St. Andrew and St. Mary the Virgin, with Church Farm House

It has an historic church of St Andrew and St Mary the Virgin dating from the twelfth century.[5] Simon de Montfort prayed there before the Battle of Lewes. Historian Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) is interred in the Sheffield Mausoleum attached to the north transept of the church,[6] having died in Fletching while staying with his great friend, John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield.

The school is Fletching CofE Primary school.[7] There are two public houses in Fletching:The Griffin Inn (which calls itself a gastropub) and The Rose and Crown. Nearby is The Piltdown Man at Piltdown.

The village was once the home of the comedian Jimmy Edwards (1920–1988).

Fletching is home to Fletching Football Club, also known as The Archers. Fletching 1st team play in the Mid-Sussex Football League division 2 - South, with the 2nd team playing in Division 5 - South.

## References

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1. ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
3. ^ a b "Fletching | (Simon de Montfort and Jack Cade)". villagenet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 February 2006.
4. ^ Mills, A.D., ed. (1998). Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names. Oxford University Press. p. 133\. ISBN 978-0192800749.
5. ^ "St Andrew & St Mary the Virgin, Fletching, East Sussex - 12th January 2005 (& 1980)". roughwood.net. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2024.[user-generated source?]
6. ^ "Sheffield Mausoleum". The Mausolea & Monuments Trust. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
7. ^ "Fletching Church of England Primary School". East Sussex County Council. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.

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