Ticehurst
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 The Bell Inn Hotel |
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| Ticehurst shown within East Sussex | |
| Area | 32.5 km2 (12.5 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,873 (Parish-2011) |
| • Density | 273/sq mi (105/km2) |
| OS grid reference | TQ689302 |
| • London | 39 miles (63 km) NW |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WADHURST |
| Postcode district | TN5 |
| Dialling code | 01580 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | East Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Ticehurst Parish Council |
Ticehurst is both a village and a large civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The parish lies in the upper reaches of both the Bewl stream before it enters Bewl Water and in the upper reaches of the River Rother flowing to the south-east. The parish includes the parish wards of Ticehurst, Flimwell and Stonegate. The linear settlements of Berner's Hill and Union Street lie between Ticehurst and Flimwell. It lies to the south-east of Tunbridge Wells, and is about ten miles (16 km) distant.
Ticehurst is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, although the manor came into being in the 14th century; Pashley Manor is also mentioned at the same time, and is within the parish.
The village's name derives from Old English; there are two possible derivations. The most plausible one is that it means wood on the Teise from the river; the second roughly translates as 'The wooded hill where young goats graze', ticce(n) + hyrst. (1248, Tycheherst)
Ticehurst is part of the electoral ward called Ticehurst and Etchingham. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,679.
There is an active village club,which runs regular social events, and a monthly newsletter "News & Views" is produced by a team of volunteers. The village school serves both Ticehurst and Flimwell. There is also a comprehensive website [1] covering most of the activities in the community.
Ticehurst House Hospital (now part of the Priory Group) specialises in the treatment of psychiatric disorders and is located in the village. Samuel Newington opened the original Ticehurst House in 1792 as a place dedicated to the care and treatment of psychiatric illness.
In the centre of Ticehurst there is a dry cleaner, hairdresser, greengrocer, chemist, Indian takeaway, car salesroom, car repairer and MOT centre, general village shop (incorporating a post office), model shop, estate agency, a bank (National Westminster), two antique furniture dealers and two pubs, the Chequers Inn & the Bell Inn Hotel (which reopened in 2012 following a complete refurbishment), the Greedy Goat Cafe, a fishmonger and locally reared meat supplier at The Fish Shed, and a café within Newington Court. A secondhand children's clothing shop called Merry Go Round opened in 2015. Artichoke Gallery opened in 2014.
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