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| static_image_name=Weatherboarded Cottage, Withyham - geograph.org.uk - 1585843.jpg
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| area_footnotes=<ref name=ESiF>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/ |title=East Sussex in Figures |accessdateaccess-date=26 April 2008 |publisher=East Sussex County Council}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 =36.8
| population = 2654
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'''Withyham''' is a village and large [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Wealden District|Wealden]] district of [[East Sussex]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagenet.co.uk/ashdownforest/villages/withyham.php|title=The Village Reference: Withyham (De la Warrs and Sackvilles)|website=Villagenet.co.uk|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> The village is situated 7&nbsp;miles south west of [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]] and 3.5&nbsp;miles (5.6&nbsp;km) from [[Crowborough]]; the parish covers approximately {{convert|7500|acre|km2}}.
 
==Geography==
Withyham parish lies on the edge of [[Weald]], in the valley of the [[River Medway]], where a group of tributaries enter from the south, and to the north of [[Ashdown Forest]]. The B2110 road passes [[File:Dorset Arms, Withyham.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Dorset Arms]]through the village, between [[Groombridge]] and [[Forest Row]]. Much of the area is rural; the hamlet of Buckhurst, part of the parish, contains [[Buckhurst Park, Sussex|Buckhurst Park]], the home of [[William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr|Lord De La Warr]]. [[New Groombridge]] is also within the parish, and Old Groombridge is in the [[Speldhurst]] District of Kent.
 
Withyham village itself is very small, containing a few houses, the church, a bed and breakfast,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040902075615/http://www.dorset-house.co.uk/] </ref> and the Dorset Arms (a village [[Public house|pub]] which was once a farmhouse).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dorset-arms.co.uk/|title=The Dorset Arms Pub - Withyham, Hartfield, Sussex|website=Dorset-arms.co.uk|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>
 
==History==
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Outside Buckhurst, many of the houses in the village were probably built to contain estate workers. A significant number of council houses were built in the post-war period at Balls Green, near a now-closed railway station.
 
Withyham was also home to the Gildredge family, who later moved to [[Eastbourne]], acquiring a large share of the town's land by purchase and through marriage.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sussexarchaeolo18socigoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/sussexarchaeolo18socigoog/page/n132 100]|quote=gildredge eversfield.|title=Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County|year=1849|publisher=Sussex Archaeological Society.|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2019|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> "Gildredge House and estate was formerly the property and residence of the family of the same name," says [[Thomas Walker Horsfield]] in his history of Sussex, "who afterwards (temp. Henry VIII) removed to and became lords of the manor of [[Eastbourne]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesussexweald.org/d10.asp?BookId=Hfield393|title=The Weald - Books, directories, magazines and pamphlets|website=Thesussexweald.org|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> Today's Gildredge Park in Eastbourne is named after the family. The Gildredge family was related to the Eversfield family, who eventually owned much of [[St. Leonards-on-Sea]], as well as to the [[Levett]]s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sussexarchaeolo29socigoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/sussexarchaeolo29socigoog/page/n178 120]|quote=gildredge levett.|title=Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County|date=3 March 1894|publisher=Sussex Archaeological Society.|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2019|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
 
According to the Sussex historian [[Mark Antony Lower]], the ancient house and estate of Gildredge "gave name to a family of considerable antiquity, who subsequently had their chief residence at Eastbourne, and gave their name to the manor of Eastbourne-Gildredge."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesussexweald.org/d10.asp?BookId=Lower2264|title=The Weald - Books, directories, magazines and pamphlets|website=Thesussexweald.org|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> Later the Gildredge lands were carried by marriage into the Gilbert family (today's [[Davies-Gilbert]] family), who continue to own much of Eastbourne.
 
Withyham parish is in an [[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]].
 
===Withyham church===
Much of the oldest available historical information concerning the Weald of Kent, Sussex and Surrey, with records going back to 1288, relates to the parish church, St. Michael's.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thesussexweald.org/P2.asp?PId=P82.1.1.193|title=The Weald - Property history, bibliography and topography|website=Thesussexweald.org|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>
 
[[File:Withyham Church (geograph 456458).jpg|thumb|St Michael and All Angels Church, Withyham]]
The village church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.withyhamchurch.org/|title=St Michael and All Angels, Withyham, East Sussex|website=Withyhamchurch.org|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> the present rector is the Reverend Canon James Campbell. According to early records, the church was almost completely rebuilt in the 14th century to contain a Sackville chapel.
 
On 16 June 1663 the church was struck by lightning, which melted the bells and caused a great deal of damage; few parts of the building survived. The rebuilding of the church does not seem to have been finished until 1672, and the Sackville Chapel was not completed for a further eight years. Of the old church, only the lower part of the tower, the west wall from the belfry door to the north-west corner, and the north and south-east walls remained to be incorporated into the new building. It was also around this time that the rectory was built.
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The ashes of [[David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir]] are buried at the church. [[Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset]] is buried there as well.
 
The Church is also a filming location used in the 1976 concert film [[The Song Remains the Same (film)]] featuring the English rock band ''[[Led Zeppelin]]''. It is the location for the night time fantasy scene starring Led Zeppelin's Bass and Keyboard Player [[John Paul Jones (musician)]].<ref name=SMG11>{{cite web| url= https://forums.ledzeppelin.com/topic/26765-john-paul-jones-song-remains-the-same-filming-locations-in-2020/#comments| publisher =Led Zeppelin Forum| title = JOHN PAUL JONES SONG REMAINS THE SAME - FILMING LOCATIONS IN 2020| accessdateaccess-date= 2020-01-08}}</ref>
 
==Governance==
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==Landmarks==
[[Penn's Rocks]] is a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] within the parish. This is a site of biological interest. Its sandstone outcrops providing a rare habitat for many ferns and bryophytes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1003094 |title=Natural England – SSSI|accessdateaccess-date=11 October 2008|publisher=English Nature}}</ref> Buckhurst Park historic seat of the Earls De La Warr, head of the Sackville family, Lutyens/Jekyll garden with Repton Park. The Hundred Acre wood, immortalised by [[A.A. Milne]] in his [[Winnie-the-Pooh]] stories, is part of the Buckhurst Estate
 
==The millennium in Withyham==
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==Literary links==
* The village of Withyham features in [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s short story "[[The Horror of the Heights]]" as the finding place of the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment, a supposedly real fragment of a diary detailing the airborne adventures of the author of the diary.
* The ashes of [[Vita Sackville-West]], [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] (1892–1962), poet, novelist, and [[garden designer]], are buried below the Sackville Chapel at Withyham Parish Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=10367559&PIpi=1858815|title=Vita Sackville-West|website=Findagrave.com|accessdateaccess-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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