Barcombe

Barcombe
	Barcombe
	Barcombe
	Location in England
Basic data
status	Village and Civil Parish
surface	17.8 km²
population	1473 (as of 2011)
Ceremony county	East Sussex
District	Lewes District
Constituency	Lewes
	Website: www.barcombepc.net

Barcombe is a village and an administrative unit ( Civil Parish ) in East Sussex , 6.4 km (4–5 miles) north of Lewes , and is part of the Lewes District . The administrative unit includes Barcombe itself (as an older settlement) and Barcombe Cross , the larger of the two villages and currently the center with various facilities and services. During a plague epidemic, the residents of Barcombe fled to Barcombe Cross and established the settlement. It also includes the area of Barcombe Mills on the Ouse , as well as the settlements of Spithurst in the northeast and Town Littleworth in the northwest. Barcombe Cross is listed as Barcombe both Locally and on the Royal Mail Directory . The full name only appears on cards.

Barcombe was known from the Barcombe Mills . An old mill complex on the Ouse was a popular destination for weekend trips until the Second World War , when the mills burned down.

Barcombe appears in the Domesday Book as "Berchamp", a reference to barley growing in the area. There are also remains of a Roman villa and an older Iron Age roundhouse on the same site .

The Barcombe parish church is a St. Mary's church in the old village. Barcombe is the seat of the Bevern Trust and its Bevern View retirement home .

administration

Barcombe is part of the electoral ward of Barcombe and Hamsey . Its population was 2,105 in 2011.

traffic

The A26 between Lewes and Uckfield runs south-east of the village. It can be reached from Barcombe Mills Road . The A275 runs north of the village and connects to Lewes and Haywards Heath .

Previously, two railway lines ran through the place: From Lewes and Uckfield a line was built in 1868. Another stretch came from East Grinstead . This route now partially belongs to the Bluebell Railway . Barcombe therefore had two train stations, Barcombe on the East Grinstead line and Barcombe Mills on the Uckfield line. Barcombe was closed on May 28, 1955, while Barcombe Mills continued to operate until May 4, 1969. Part of the route is now a cycle path. The nearest train station today is in Cooksbridge , about 4 km (2½ miles) away.

There are many bridleways that connect the village to Lewes, Isfield , Newick and others. The Sussex Ouse Valley Way runs south through Barcombe Mills.

Culture & leisure opportunities

The Barcombe Bonfire is held annually, two weeks after the Lewes fire. Fireworks and a children's procession are also held. There is a pond where fishing is possible: Cornwell's Reservoir which is managed by the Lewes Angling Club . In Barcombe reservoir fishing is for some years no longer allowed.

Personalities

Bernard Holden , a veteran of the Burma campaign and president of the Bluebell Railway and founder of Standard gauge railway preservation , was born in Barcombe in 1908.
Richard Tol (* 1969), climate researcher, has lived in Barcombe since 2012.