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Mayfield and Five Ashes
Mayfield and Five Ashes is located in East Sussex
Mayfield and Five Ashes
Mayfield and Five Ashes
Mayfield and Five Ashes shown within East Sussex
Area 42.4 km2 (16.4 sq mi) 
Population 3,718 (Parish-2011)
• Density 218/sq mi (84/km2)
OS grid reference TQ585269
• London 37 miles (60 km) NNW
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MAYFIELD
Postcode district TN20
Dialling code 01435
Police Sussex
Fire East Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
East Sussex
51°01′N 0°16′E / 51.02°N 0.26°E / 51.02; 0.26Coordinates: 51°01′N 0°16′E / 51.02°N 0.26°E / 51.02; 0.26

Mayfield and Five Ashes is a civil parish in the High Weald of East Sussex, England. The two villages making up the principal part of the parish lie on the A267 road between Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne: Mayfield, the larger of the two villages is ten miles (16 km) south of Tunbridge Wells; with Five Ashes being 2.5 miles (4 km) further south.

Every September the village hosts its annual carnival. This is to commemorate the Protestants being condemned here on 23 September 1556, and being burnt at the stake in Lewes. The festival is part of the Sussex bonfire tradition of marking the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot. The procession marches through the village by torchlight on the third Saturday in September, climaxing with a firework display in the recreation ground. The money raised through the street collection is spent on charities.

Mayfield and Five Ashes Civil Parish falls within the electoral ward simply called Mayfield. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,614.

The early village was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1087 within the Rape of Pevensey as Mesewelle, which may indicate a well on tableland or more likely "belonging to Meese", a Norman man's name, or less likely: a new well or well dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The meshing of Norman French and Anglo-Saxon into Middle English meant that one person was often referred to by several spellings in a lifetime. Various spellings of Meese include Meece, Mese, Mece, Mees, Mey, and May.


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