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Burwash, East Sussex

Burwash
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Burwash High Street
Burwash is located in East Sussex
Burwash
Burwash
Burwash shown within East Sussex
Area 30.1 km2 (11.6 sq mi) 
Population 2,713 (2011)
• Density 217/sq mi (84/km2)
OS grid reference TQ675247
• London 41 miles (66 km) NNW
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ETCHINGHAM
Postcode district TN19
Dialling code 01435
Police Sussex
Fire East Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
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UK
England
East Sussex
51°00′N 0°23′E / 51.00°N 0.39°E / 51.00; 0.39Coordinates: 51°00′N 0°23′E / 51.00°N 0.39°E / 51.00; 0.39

Burwash, archaically known as Burghersh, is a rural village and civil parish in the Rother District of Sussex, England. Situated 15 miles (24 km) inland from the port of Hastings, it is located five miles (8 km) south-west of Hurst Green, on the A265 road, and on the River Dudwell, a tributary of the River Rother. In an area steeped in history, some nine miles (14 km) to the south-east lies Battle Abbey and eight miles (13 km) to the east is Bodiam Castle.

Its main claim to fame is that for half of his life Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) lived in the village at Bateman's. Kipling used the house's setting and the wider local area as the setting for many of his stories in Puck of Pook's Hill (1906) and the sequel Rewards and Fairies (1910), and there is a Kipling room at "The Bear" public house, one of two pubs located along Burwash High Street. Rudyard's son John Kipling, known as Jack, died during World War I and is named on the village memorial at the end of Bell Alley Lane. He was named after Rudyard's father, the artist John Lockwood Kipling, (1837–1911), who provided illustrations for the classic story collection The Jungle Book. A complete collection of Kipling's works, including Just So Stories, Rewards and Fairies, The Man Who Would Be King and Kim, was published as the "Burwash Edition" (1941).


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