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Coordinates: 50°59′N 0°36′E / 50.99°N 0.60°E
Northiam 
Northiam sign (from Rye)
Northiam
Northiam shown within East SussexArea 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi) [1] Population 2,094 (Parish-2007)[1] - Density 374 /sq mi (144 /km2) OS grid reference TQ825249 - London 47 miles (76 km) NW District Rother Shire county East Sussex Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town RYE Postcode district TN31 Dialling code 01797 Police Sussex Fire East Sussex Ambulance South East Coast EU Parliament South East England UK Parliament Bexhill and Battle List of places: UK • England • East Sussex Northiam is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located thirteen miles (21 km) north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The main road that passes through it is the A28 which goes to Canterbury and Hastings.
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Governance
The lowest level of government is the Northiam parish council. The parish council is responsible for local amenities such as the provision of litter bins, bus shelters and allotments. They also provide a voice into the district council meetings. The parish council comprises nine councillors with elections being held every four years. Twelve candidates stood in the May 2007 election.[2]
Rother District council provides the next level of government with services such as refuse collection, planning consent, leisure amenities and council tax collection. Northiam lies within the Rother Levels ward, which provides two councillors. The May 2007 election returned two Conservatives councillors.
East Sussex county council is the third tier of government, providing education, libraries and highway maintenance. Northiam falls within the Northern Rother ward. Peter Jones, Conservative, was elected in the May 2005 election with 49.7% of the vote.
The UK Parliament constituency for Northiam is Bexhill and Battle. Gregory Barker was re-elected in the May 2005 election.
At European level, Northiam is represented by the South-East region, which holds ten seats in the European Parliament. The June 2004 election returned 4 Conservatives, 2 Liberal Democrats, 2 UK Independence, 1 Labour and 1 Green, none of whom live in East Sussex.[3]
Landmarks
There is a Site of Special Scientific Interest within the parish. Officially designated as Northiam, it refers to a disused and partially flooded quarry on the outskirts of Northiam village. It is of geological, palaeoenvironments and palaeogeography interest.[4]
The historic house Great Dixter is found within the village. Many parts of the village are listed including Frewen College, which is a day and boarding school for dyslexic children. It is believed to have been the first such school in the country. Centred on a Grade 1 listed Jacobean mansion named Brickwall after the extensive boundary walls, many period features have been retained in both the house and gardens.
Brickwall is where Elizabeth I's slippers could for many years be found, given as a memento after she rested under the oak on Church Road. The slippers were retained by the Frewen family when the rest of the property was gifted to The Frewen Educational Trust in 1972.
Frewen College, Grade I
St. Marys church and war memorial
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary which is home to six bells and over the years was funded and supported by the Frewens (which is now the private school).
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St. Mary’s Church, War Memorial and Queen Elizabeth Oak
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Northiam Village Pump
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St. Mary’s Church Spire from Countryside
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Church Road
Four Prime Ministers for D-Day
Four Prime Ministers PlaqueOn 12 May 1944, four prime ministers visited the troops before D-Day in Normandy. The village field gates were erected to commemorate the visit. The four Prime ministers were:
- Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill P.C., O.M., C.H., F.R.S. - Great Britain
- Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King P.C., C.M.G. - Canada
- Rt. Hon. Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts P.C., O.M., C.H., K.G., F.R.S. - South Africa
- Hon. Sir Godfrey M. Huggins C.H., K.C.M.G., F.R.C.S. - Southern Rhodesia
Notable people
Joanna Lumley - Attended school in the village and is seen regularly.
Christopher Lloyd - Owner and gardener of Great Dixter
Neil Buchanan - TV Artist And Children TV Presenter Moreton FrewenUK's first green village
Northiam is in contention to be the UK's First green village. With plans for a biomass power station providing power to the whole village.[5]. The first planning application was declined in 2009.
Proposal of Blue Cross Closure
The Blue Cross animal charity which is within the village has proposed to close the centre after it opened in the 1960s. The Blue Cross chief executive, Kim Hamilton commented on the proposal via a press release on the 26th January 2010.
Public transport
The nearest mainline train station is Rye. However the closest station is Doleham being 6.5 miles, this station is not served by regular stopping trains. Hourly bus services (except Sunday) operates to Tenterden, Rye, and Hastings. The bus services are operated by Stagecoach in Hastings. The bus route 344 runs from Northiam (Coppards Lane) and Hastings, via Rye. Route 340 runs from Tenterden to Hastings via the Westfield and the Conquest Hospital. The Kent and East Sussex Railway manages Northiam station which operates for tourists between Bodiam and Tenterden.
Road in London
A residential street in Woodside Park Garden Suburb, North London is named Northiam—this follows the nomenclature of Woodside Park whereby nearly all streets in the suburb are named after villages, rivers and places in East Sussex.
References
- ^ a b "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ Stevens, Derek (3 May 2007). "Declaration of Result of Poll". Rother District Council. http://www.rother.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2868. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
- ^ "UK MEP's". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 24 January 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070124233126/http://www.europarl.org.uk/uk_meps/MembersMain.htm. Retrieved 25 January 2007.
- ^ (PDF) SSSI Citation—Northiam. Natural England. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000200.pdf. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- ^ "Andy Hemsley". Hastings & Battle Observer. http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/newsrbo/Northiam-could-lead-the-way.5361035.jp. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
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