Ninfield or Ninefield, Sussex
Historical Description
Ninfield or Ninefield, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands on a hill 3½ miles SW of Battle, and 4 from Bexhill station on the L.B. & S.E.R., and commands a charming view over the coast and the English Channel, from Battle and Faillight to Eastbourne. It has a post office under Battle; money order and telegraph office, Catsfield. Acreage of the civil parish, 2619; population, 773; of the ecclesiastical, 621. Standard Hill is the highest ground in the parish, and took its name from being the spot on which William the Conqueror planted his standard after the Battle of Hastings. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; value, £220 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church consists of nave and chancel, with a low tower, and is good; it was restored in 1885.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Sussex | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Ninfield St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Ninfield | |
| Poor Law union | Hailsham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ninfield or Ninefield from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ninfield (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Ninfield or Ninefield are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online: