# Ninfield > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ninfield > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ninfield.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninfield > Source revision: 1334435082 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in East Sussex, England Human settlement in England Ninfield Church of St Mary The Virgin, Ninfield Ninfield Location within East Sussex Area 10.6 km2 (4.1 sq mi) [1] Population 1,562 (2011)[2] • Density 372/sq mi (144/km2) OS grid reference TQ706124 • London 49 miles (79 km) NNW District Wealden Shire county East Sussex Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town BATTLE Postcode district TN33 Dialling code 01424 Police Sussex Fire East Sussex Ambulance South East Coast UK Parliament Bexhill and Battle List of places UK England East Sussex 50°52′59″N 0°25′16″E / 50.883°N 0.421°E / 50.883; 0.421 **Ninfield** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in the [Wealden](/source/Wealden_District) District of [East Sussex](/source/East_Sussex), England. The village is quite [linear](/source/Linear_settlement) and centred 4 miles (6.4 km) north of [Bexhill-on-Sea](/source/Bexhill-on-Sea) where two roads cross: the [A269](/source/A269_road) from Bexhill to [Battle](/source/Battle%2C_East_Sussex) and the [A271](/source/A271_road) to [Hailsham](/source/Hailsham). The parish covers 2,500 acres (1,010 ha); approximately the northern half of which is in the [High Weald](/source/High_Weald) AONB. To the west of the village is Standard Hill, said to be the place that [William the Conqueror](/source/William_I_of_England) placed his flag (2 lions of Normandy standard) before the [Battle of Hastings](/source/Battle_of_Hastings).[3] As with many other Wealden villages, it was involved in the [iron industry](/source/Wealden_iron_industry): that fact is commemorated by the presence in the village of a set of iron [stocks](/source/Stocks). [Smuggling](/source/Smuggling) was also rife in the eighteenth century. The village name is said to come from the fact that it was originally composed of nine and three quarter fields.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] A legal record, of 1452, mentioning a Sussex village as "Nempnefeld", may refer to Ninfield. [4] ## Landmarks [Stocks](/source/Stocks) and a [whipping post](/source/Whipping_post) made of Sussex iron are located by the village green.[5] ## Amenities Ninfield has a primary school,[6] a shop and two [pubs](/source/Public_house)- *The Kings Arms* and the *Blacksmiths Inn*. It has two churches, its medieval parish church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin; and the [Methodist](/source/Methodism) church. ## Cultural references and former residents Ninfield was once featured in an episode of the classic comedy [The Goon Show](/source/The_Goon_Show) entitled *The Nadger Plague* and first broadcast by the [BBC](/source/BBC) in October 1956. In the episode, set in the 16th century, the residents of Ninfield were left terrified when two carriers of the titular plague, which caused the seats of peoples' trousers to "burn out", arrived in the village. The episode was written by [Spike Milligan](/source/Spike_Milligan), a sometime resident of [East Sussex](/source/East_Sussex). [James T.A. Osborne](/source/James_T.A._Osborne) (d. 1979), painter, artistic print maker, etcher and engraver long settled in Ninfield. ## Local government The parish council consists of nine councillors.[7] Ninfield is currently drawn, for the purposes of the fair apportionment of District Councillors as part of [electoral ward](/source/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom): *Ninfield and Hooe with Wartling*. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,543.[8] ## Built-up component The central, contiguous area of 558 homes on 65 hectares has been identified as a small Built-up Area, in the statistical government bodies definition (ONS and GSS) and had in 2011 a total of 1,307 residents.[9] Population density of this area was 20.1 persons per hectare. ## Notable people [eSports](/source/ESports) participant and sim-racer [Jimmy Broadbent](/source/Jimmy_Broadbent) is from Ninfield. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ESiF_1-0)** ["East Sussex in Figures"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121228085807/http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/welcome.html). East Sussex County Council. Archived from [the original](http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/) on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Civil Parish population 2011"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126991&c=Ninfield&d=16&e=62&g=6422010&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1444569127336&enc=1). Retrieved 11 October 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Historical notes, *Vision of Britain* website](http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=8869) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; image seen at: 4th entry down; Sussex in the margin; [http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT3/H6/CP40no764/aCP40no764fronts/IMG_0391.htm](http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT3/H6/CP40no764/aCP40no764fronts/IMG_0391.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["The stocks and whipping-post (Grade II) (1353381)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1353381?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 20 December 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Ninfield CE Primary School website](http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/educationandlearning/schools/primary/ninfield8453046.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Parish Council representatives"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071029133806/http://www.wealden.gov.uk/council/electionsonline/parishcouncilresults.aspx?ParishID=40). Archived from [the original](http://www.wealden.gov.uk/council/electionsonline/parishcouncilresults.aspx?ParishID=40) on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Ninfield and Hooe with Wartling ward population 2011"](http://www.ukcensusdata.com/ninfield-and-hooe-with-wartling-e05004010#sthash.kBT1ghAq.dpbs). Retrieved 11 October 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=1119879556). ## External links Media related to [Ninfield](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ninfield) at Wikimedia Commons v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England Alciston Alfriston Arlington Berwick Best Beech Hill Birling Gap Blackboys Blackham Bodle Street Green Boreham Street Broad Oak Burlow Buxted Chalvington Chelwood Gate Chiddingly Coleman's Hatch Cooper's Green Cousley Wood Cowbeech Cross-in-Hand Crowborough Danehill Duddleswell East Dean East Hoathly Eridge Green Etchingwood Exceat Fairwarp Five Ash Down Five Ashes Fletching Folkington Forest Row Framfield Frant Friston Furner's Green Golden Cross Groombridge Gun Hill Hadlow Down Hailsham Halland Hammerwood Hankham Hartfield Heathfield Hellingly Heron's Ghyll Herstmonceux High Hurstwood Holtye Hooe Hooe Common Horam Horney Common Isfield Jarvis Brook Jevington Laughton Litlington Little Horsted Little London Lower Dicker Lower Horsebridge Lullington Magham Down Maresfield Mark Cross Mayfield Maynard's Green Milton Street Muddles Green Ninfield Nutley Old Heathfield Pevensey Pevensey Bay Polegate Poundgate Punnett's Town Rickney Ripe Roser's Cross Rotherfield Rushlake Green Selmeston Sparrow's Green Stone Cross Stunts Green Tidebrook Three Cups Corner Uckfield Upper Dicker Upper Hartfield Vines Cross Wadhurst Waldron Warbleton Wartling Westdean Westham Whitesmith Willingdon Wilmington Windmill Hill Winton Withyham Wych Cross --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ninfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninfield) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninfield?action=history)). 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