Hurst Green

Hurst Green
	Hurst Green
	Hurst Green
	Location in England
Basic data
status	Village and Civil Parish
surface	10.35 km²
population	1481 (as of 2011)
Ceremony county	East Sussex
District	Rother District
Constituency	Bexhill and Battle
	Website: www.hurstgreen-pc.org.uk

Hurst Green is a village and civil parish in the Rother District , East Sussex county in south east England .

geography

Hurst Green is located in the High Weald landscape and within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of the same name . The area of the district is 10.35 square kilometers, the population, as of 2011, 1481. Neighboring communities are, starting in the east and then clockwise, Salehurst and Robertsbridge , Etchingham , Ticehurst and, already in the adjacent county of Kent, Hawkhurst . In the southwest the district extends to the river Rother .

history

The first documentary mention of the place dates back to 1574, at that time as Herst Grene . Some of the hamlets in the area (Burghham, Eyelid, Boarzell, Bourne) were mentioned in the Domesday Book as early as the 11th century . Hurst Green gained a certain importance as a resting place for travelers on the main road from London to Hastings . During the 17th and early 18th centuries, the area around the site was the operational area of a group of smugglers , the Hawkhurst Gang . As an independent community (Civil Parish), Hurst Green did not emerge until 1952, made up of parts of Salehurst, Etchingham and, to a small extent, Ticehurst.

Buildings

Iridge Place Mansion

A total of 51 buildings and facilities in the municipality are classified as culturally and historically significant. These are the Iridge Place manor as a listed building in the second highest category II *, the rest in category II.

Transport links

The community is located on the main road A21 , about half way between Royal Tunbridge Wells in the north and the English Channel located Hastings in the south, both approximately 20 km away. The A21 is a feeder road to the M25 London ring road .

In February 2005, the planning of a bypass road was presented, which will connect in Robertsbridge and Flimwell to existing sections of the A21 and in particular relieve Hurst Green of through traffic. After the financing of the project was postponed in the autumn of 2010 until at least 2015, the responsible Highways Agency sold parts of the areas already acquired. A realization of the project was not yet in sight in 2017 either, although the British Road Safety Foundation classified the A21 as the most dangerous road in the UK in 2014.

The nearest train station is Etchingham on the Hastings Line from Tonbridge to the sea . Etchingham has regular direct connections to London ( London Bridge , Charing Cross , Cannon Street / City ) and directly to Hastings on the south coast.

Historic buildings and gardens in the vicinity

Pashley Manor Gardens , Ticehurst: 5-acre award-winning gardens and parks with a mansion with a Tudor Facade (front, 1550) and Queen Anne's facade (1720)
Bateman’s , Burwash: ironworks owner's mansion from the 17th century; was the residence of poet / writer / Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling (Jungle Book) for30 years
Bodiam Castle , Bodiam: a well-preserved ruined castle from the 14th century
Scotney Castle , Lamberhurst: a 19th century mansion and 14th century castle

Cities partnership

Hurst Green is the partner municipality of Ellerhoop in the Pinneberg district , Schleswig-Holstein .

Web links

Commons : Hurst Green - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the Parish Councils (English)
Basic population data as of 2011 on the East Sussex data server website
Hurst Green, Sussex at visionofbritain.org (English)
Hurst Green in the database of the Ordnance Survey (English)
Hurst Green at OPC-Sussex (English)

Individual evidence

↑ map server of Natural England , retrieved on 29 January 2018th
↑ Information on the location and area of the district on the website of the Office for National Statistics , accessed on January 28, 2018. (English)
↑ History section on the Hurst Green Parish Council website
↑ Database query Hurst Green Parish on the website of Historic England, carried out on January 29, 2018. (English)
↑ Bypass for A21 villages unveiled. BBC , February 17, 2005, accessed March 22, 2018. (English)
↑ A21 bypass homes to go back on market. BBC, November 22, 2010, accessed March 22, 2018. (English)
↑ Response of the property management of Highways England to an inquiry made on the basis of the British Freedom of Information Act on the areas acquired and resold dated April 24, 2014. Digitized on the British government website, PDF file, 23.8 kB, accessed on March 22 2018. (English)
↑ Speech by local MP Huw Merriman in the context of a debate in the UK House of Commons on the financing of road construction projects on July 5, 2017, accessed on March 22, 2018. (English)

51.01845 0.46953Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 28 ′ E

[1] server of Natural England , retrieved on 29 January 2018th

[2] Information on the location and area of the district on the website of the Office for National Statistics , accessed on January 28, 2018. (English)

[3] History section on the Hurst Green Parish Council website

[4] Database query Hurst Green Parish on the website of Historic England, carried out on January 29, 2018. (English)

[5] Bypass for A21 villages unveiled. BBC , February 17, 2005, accessed March 22, 2018. (English)

[6] A21 bypass homes to go back on market. BBC, November 22, 2010, accessed March 22, 2018. (English)

[7] Response of the property management of Highways England to an inquiry made on the basis of the British Freedom of Information Act on the areas acquired and resold dated April 24, 2014. Digitized on the British government website, PDF file, 23.8 kB, accessed on March 22 2018. (English)

[8] Speech by local MP Huw Merriman in the context of a debate in the UK House of Commons on the financing of road construction projects on July 5, 2017, accessed on March 22, 2018. (English)