Guestling
| Guestling | |
|---|---|
 St Laurence's Church, Guestling | |
  Guestling Location withinEast Sussex | |
| Area | 15.9 km2(6.1 sq mi)[1] |
| Population | 1,432 (Parish-2011)[2] |
| •Density | 207/sq mi (80/km2) |
| OS grid reference | TQ848132 |
| •London | 53 miles (85 km)NW |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HASTINGS |
| Postcode district | TN35 |
| Dialling code | 01424 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | East Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Guestlingis a village andcivil parishin theRotherdistrict ofEast Sussex,England. The village is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east ofHastingson theA259 roadtoRye.Its parish church is dedicated to St Laurence.
History
[edit]Guestling, referred to in theDomesday Book(1086) asGestelinges,was originally named as a settlement of the family of a man namedGyrstel.[3]The Domesday entry records that the village consisted in 1086 of 21 households, 14 villagers and 7 cottagers.[4]
In 1542,Gregory Martinwas born in Guestling and went on to do the majority of the translation for theDouay–Rheims Bible,the first full official Catholic English Bible translation.[5]In 1896, hand made bricks were first produced in Guestling,[6]which would go on to be used in Royal locations such asBuckingham PalaceandHampton Court.[5]
In June 2017,Brian Bellhousewas trampled to death by a herd of cows in a field at Church Lane, Guestling.[7][8]
Geography
[edit]The village of Guestling is located 2 miles (3.2 km) from the coast, and about 3.25 miles (5.23 km) north east ofHastings[9]The village is a scattered one, consisting of multiple parts, includingGuestling GreenandGuestling Thorn.The hamlet ofThree Oaksalso lies within the parish.[10]
Landmarks and culture
[edit]The village was probably originally centred around theSt Laurence's Church,built in the 11th century: the building has aNormantower which has beenGrade I listedsince 1961.[11]However, the villagers moved further away from the church, possibly owing to victims of theBlack Deathbeing buried in the churchyard.[12][13]Also buried in the graveyard was Olive "Nou" Rand Brockwell, nanny ofChristopher Robin Milne.[14]The church was restored in 1886, but was further damaged by a fire in 1890.[15]The village's war memorials are located within the church, with 24 names from theFirst World Warand 8 from theSecond World War.[16]There has been an annual Flower Festival since the 1990s at St Laurence's Church.[17]
The school in the village is the Guestling-Bradshaw CE Primary School, which dates back to 1835.[18]
References
[edit]- ^"East Sussex in Figures".East Sussex County Council.Retrieved26 April2008.
- ^"Civil Parish population 2011".Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved7 October2015.
- ^Mills, A. D. (2011).A Dictionary of British Place-Names.Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 216.ISBN9780199609086.
- ^Powell-Smith, Anna."Open Domesday".Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^ab"Guestling Parish Council".Guestling Parish Council.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^"Refurbishment".Royal Institute of British Architects Journal.97.RIBA Magazines 1990. 1990.
- ^"Tributes to Oxford Professor who was trampled by herd of cows | Meridian - ITV News".Itv.com. 14 June 2017.Retrieved27 June2017.
- ^"Former Oxford professor Brian Bellhouse 'trampled to death by cows' (From Oxford Mail)".Oxfordmail.co.uk. 14 June 2017.Retrieved27 June2017.
- ^"History of Guestling, in Rother and Sussex".A Vision of Britain through Time.GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^"Guestling"(Map).Google Maps.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^"St Laurence, Church Lane".Historic England.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^Collins, Mark."Westfield, (East Sussex)".Sussex OPC.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^"Guestling in East Sussex".Village Net.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^"The Parish Church of St Laurence".Historic England.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^"Guestling Church: Church of St Laurence".Weald and Downland Churches.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^Comber, Chris."Guestling War Memorial".Roll of Honour.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^"Popular Guestling Flower Festival returns for another year".Rye and Battle Observer. 15 August 2019. Archived fromthe originalon 1 March 2020.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^"Our School".Guestling Bradshaw CE Primary School.Retrieved1 March2020.