| Mayfield |
 Mayfield village in 1892 |
| "The sweetest village in England." Thus wrote Coventry Patmore, the poet, of Mayfield, before the days of railway or modern building; but the old village has a great charm yet, and is practically unspoilt by alterations. It crowns the top of a gradual ascent, and stands a landmark for many miles around. The fine old church and the towers and roofs of the convent buildings form a central group on the highest point, around which cluster the peaked red roofs of the houses that follow the downward slope of the ground, not so closely set together as to prevent glimpses of sunny gardens and green trees in their midst. extract from Mayfield - The Story of an Old Wealden Village written in 1903 |
| Mayfield is a village and parish in the East Grinstead division of Sussex, in the hundred of Loxfield Pelham, rape of Pevensey, rural deanery of Dallington, archdeaconry of Hastings and diocese of Chichester. Mayfield includes Five Ashes, Coggins Mill Street and parts of Hadlow Down. On 1st October 1905 Hadlow Down was formed into a separate civil parish. Mayfield is 8 miles from Tunbridge Wells and 42 miles south of London The population of Mayfield in 1811 was 2,079; in 1841 was 2,943; in 1861 was 2,688; in 1871 was 2,828; in 1881 was 2,912; in 1891 was 3,217; in 1901 was 3,164; in 1911 was 2,803; in 1921 was 2,880; and in 1931 was 3,080. |
| Mayfield historical notes has been derived from the same sources to highlight Mayfield's key events in chronological order |
| Parish & other records | Before 1500 |
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1550 to 1600 |
1600 to 1650 |
1650 to 1700 |
1700 to 1725 |
1725 to 1750 |
1750 to 1775 |
1775 to 1800 |
1800 to 1825 |
1825 to 1850 |
1850 to 1875 |
1875 to 1900 |
1900 to 1925 |
1925 to 1950 |
1950 to 1975 |
1975 to 2000 |
After 2000 |
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| 12565 | Births | 3 | 154 | 270 | 257 | 165 | 249 | 420 | 818 | 2019 | 3465 | 3093 | 1613 | 37 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 5631 | Christenings | 150 | 253 | 242 | 159 | 244 | 388 | 525 | 897 | 1446 | 865 | 457 | 5 | |||||||
| 1276 | Marriages | 52 | 77 | 36 | 30 | 41 | 106 | 142 | 227 | 341 | 185 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1231 | Deaths | 29 | 80 | 35 | 38 | 59 | 70 | 96 | 184 | 272 | 215 | 132 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1245 | Burials | 29 | 77 | 32 | 37 | 55 | 71 | 94 | 179 | 283 | 224 | 143 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1766 | The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr ⇒ p. 259 |
| 1810 | Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne ⇒ p. 26 |
| 1830 | Guide of Tunbridge Wells ⇒ p. 85 |
| 1832 | Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate by John Britton, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 111 |
| 1835 | The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 415 |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 168 |
| 1849 | Historical and Architectural Notices of Mayfield Palace by Henry Rosehurst Hoare, Esq ⇒ p. 221 |
| 1849 | Historical and Architectural Notices of the Iron Works of the County of Sussex by Mark Antony Lower ⇒ p. 214 |
| 1851 | The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1857 | Extracts from the Journal of Walter Gale, Schoolmaster at Mayfield, 1750 by R. W. Blencowe, Esq. ⇒ p. 182 |
| 1867 | The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1869 | Mayfield by William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., V.P. ⇒ p. 1 |
| 1869 | Additional Notes on Mayfield by William Ansell Day, Esq. ⇒ p. 20 |
| 1870 | A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume II. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 44 |
| 1871 | A History of The Weald of Kent with an outline of the Early History of the County, Volume I. by Robert Furley, F.S.A. ⇒ council p. 418 |
| 1874 | The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1882 | Kelly's Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1883 | Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells by J. Radford Thomson, M.A. ⇒ p. 180 |
| 1886 | Local Blue Book and Directory of East Sussex ⇒ p. 213 |
| 1903 | Mayfield - The Story of an Old Wealden Village by Elizabeth Margaretta Bell-Irving ⇒ Book |
| 1904 | Highways and Byways in Sussex by E.V. Lucas ⇒ p. 302 |
| 1906 | Sussex by Wilfred Ball ⇒ Painting |
| 1909 | English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Lady Hope ⇒ p. 70 |
| 1927 | The Sussex Highlands ⇒ p. 44 |
| 1931 | Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker ⇒ p. 292 |
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| Places and properties in Mayfield - a directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Post Office directories, Kelly's directories, Trade directories, Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period |
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