Wartling is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the Wealden District of East Sussex

East Sussex

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, England

England

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. The village is located between Bexhill

Bexhill-on-Sea

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 and Hailsham

Hailsham

Hailsham is a civil parish and the largest of the five main towns in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the town of Hailsham has had a long history of industry and agriculture...

, ten miles (16 km) west of the latter, and at the northern edge of the Pevensey Levels

Pevensey Levels

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. The parish includes the two settlements of Wartling itself and Boreham Street, two miles (3 km) to the north-east on the A271 road to the north. There are seven members on the Wartling Parish Council.

Wartling is mentioned in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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, when there was a chapel there. The current church, dedicated to St Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

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 and linked with that at Herstmonceux

Herstmonceux

Herstmonceux is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. The parish includes Herstmonceux Castle, the village of Cowbeech and a number of smaller hamlets.-History:...

, was built in the 13th century, probably on the same site as the chapel had been. As with many villages on the Weald the iron

Iron

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 industry flourished here in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Notable residents

• H.J.C. Turner
  H.J.C. Turner
  H.J.C. Turner was a rugby union international who represented England in 1871 in the first international match.-Early life:...
  
  , born in Wartling in 1850, the son of the curate, he played in the first rugby international in 1871.