Population 233 (2011) Civil parish Little Horsted Country England Area 10.7 km² Shire county East Sussex Dialling code 01825 | OS grid reference TQ469183 Region South East Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Friday 9:16 AM District Wealden UK parliament constituency Wealden | |
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Little Horsted (also known as Horsted Parva) is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is located two miles (3.2 km) south of Uckfield, on the A26 road.
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Map of Little Horsted, UK
The village is recorded in the Domesday Book. The church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. Horsted Place, now a country hotel is located in the village, together with two golf courses, including the East Sussex National.
History
Among the prime movers of the early Wealden iron industry were the Levett family. The family's iron interests were begun by John Levett of Little Horsted. On Levett's early death, his share of the family's interests in the emerging iron industry of the Weald went to his brother, an Oxford-trained rector in Buxted. William Levett took to his unlikely role and became the leading armaments supplier to the King. In his will of 1533, John Levett left his iron mills and furnaces to his brother, with the provision that his children be cared for with the proceeds. Levett's widow Eve Adam remarried Laurence Ashburnham, ancestor of the Ashburnham baronets of Broomham, Sussex.
Landmarks
Within the parish is the Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum.
There is a Site of Special Scientific Interest partly within the parish. Plashett Park Wood is a site of biological importance as an area of ancient woodland. It provides a habitat for a variety of breeding birds plus a number of rarer invertebrates and flora.