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Firle is one of the civil parishes in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. Firle refers to an old-English/Anglo-Saxon word fierol meaning 'overgrown with oak'^[1]. The original division of East Firle and West Firle still remain, however East Firle is now simply confined to the houses of Heighton Street which lie to the east of the Firle Park. West Firle is now generally referred to as Firle, although West Firle remains its official name. West Firle or Firle is a village in the Firle civil parish within the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located south of the A27 road 6 miles (9km) east of Lewes. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Lewes is a local government district in East Sussex in southern England. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... This is about Lewes in England. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The A27 near Southwick The A27 is a major road in England. ...

History of the Village

During the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) Firle was part of the Abbey of Wilton. Following the invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066, however, the village and the lands around it were passed on as reward for his efforts to Robert Count of Mortain (William's half brother and younger brother Odo of Bayeux, and the largest landowner in the country after the king^[2]). It is following this transaction that the village is mentioned in the Domesday Book drawn up at the behest of William the Conqueror. The village is referred to as 'Ferla', and was part of the 1086 survey, the value of the village is listed as being £44^[3], which was among the highest values in the county - Hastings was then valued at £50. The manor house, the site on which Firle Place now stands, was occupied from 1330 by the 'de Lyvett' (Levett) family, who owned the manor. (The same family would produce founders of Sussex's iron industry, royal courtiers, knights, rectors, an Oxford University dean, a prominent early physician and medical educator, and even a lord mayor of London.) In 1440 the lordship of the manor passed to the Bolney family, whose daughter married William Gage. St Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... Events January 6 - Harold II is crowned September 20 - Battle of Fulford September 25 - Battle of Stamford Bridge September 29 - William of Normandy lands in England at Pevensey. ... Odo of Bayeux (c. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ...

The Gage Family at Firle

Since the 15th Century the Gages have lived at Firle, following the marriage of William Gage to Agnes Bolney whose family had previously owned the seat at Firle. This holding was further expanded by their son Sir John Gage who inherited land belonging to his father-in-law, Sir Thomas St Clere. In 1479 a second John Gage was born and it was he who became the ward to the Duke of Buckingham when his father died in 1497. Sir John became quite prominent at the court of King Henry VIII and even accompanied the king on an expedition to France, following such campaigns and his competence in battle he was appointed Vice-Chamberlain to the King. Sir John also served as a key figure in the dissolution of the monasteries in Sussex, despite the fact that he remained a Catholic. Sir John's son, Edward, later became a Knight of Bath and the Sheriff of Sussex and in 1556 oversaw the execution of the 17 "Sussex Martyrs" during the Marian Persecutions of 1555-1557. The Gage Baronet was created by John Gage (d. 1633) in 1622. The 7th Baronet, Sir William Gage (1695-1744), was notable for his interest in cricket, particularly in Sussex. It is often thought that beginnings of what is now Firle Cricket Club started with Sir William. In 1754 this Baronet title was raised by Irish-born Thomas Gage to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Gage and Viscount Gage. Another notable Gage is General Sir Thomas Gage who was made was Commander in Chief of the British forces in North America however following the outbreak of the American War of Independence, he was relatively successful as a general but after disastrous losses at Battle of Bunker Hill he was replaced. His son, also called Thomas Gage (1781-1820), following what now as a family tradition was botanist and traveler and had the Gagea genus of flower named after him . Lord Henry Nicholas Gage is the current holder of the title and still lives in Firle. Henry VIII King of England and Ireland by Hans Holbein the Younger His Grace King Henry VIII (28 June 1491–28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... Marian Persecutions refers to the persecutions of Protestants and dissenters under the Queen Mary I of England. ... Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet (born 1695 in Firle, East Sussex; died 1744) was a noted patron of English, particularly Sussex, cricket during its formative years in the early 18th Century. ... 1743 Portrait of Thomas Gage by James Seymour Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage was born to Joseph Gage of Sherborne Castle and Elizabeth Penruddock some time before 1702 (the exact date remains uncertain). ... Sir Thomas Gage (1719 – April 2, 1787) was a British general and commander in chief of the North American forces from 1763 to 1775 during the early days of the American Revolution. ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ... For a list of numerous places and things that are named after this battle, see Bunker Hill. ... Sir Thomas Gage (1781 - 1820) was an English botanist, one of the famous Gage family of Firle, Sussex. ... Species over 100 Gagea is a large genus of spring flowers in the Liliaceae found in Europe and western Asia. ...

The Greengage at Firle

It the appellation of Greengage almost certainly derives from one of the Gage family, though there is some confusion over whether it was the Rvd. John Gage who is credited with their import from France in the 17th Century or William Hall Gage who is credited with initiating their import into England from France. Recently harvested Greengages The Greengage is an edible drupaceous fruit, a cultivar of the plum, Prunus domestica Reine Claude. It was developed in France from a green-fruited wild plum originally found in Asia Minor. ... William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage (January 1, 1718 – October 11, 1791) was born to Thomas Gage and Benedicta Maria Theresa Hall. ...

Firle Place

Firle Place is the current seat of the Viscount Gage. The externalities of the building are Georgian, built using Caen Stone this work was completed by Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet who inherited the house in 1713. The house and is set in a typically open parkland. The interior of the house however is Tudor in style which circulate around a central courtyard. The house has an extensive collection of paintings, porcelain and furniture. Including works by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Van Dyck, Raphael, Puligo, Zoffany and Teniers. The house is open to the public. ‘Caen stone’ is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone. ... Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet (born 1695 in Firle, East Sussex; died 1744) was a noted patron of English, particularly Sussex, cricket during its formative years in the early 18th Century. ... Gainsborough may refer to: Several places: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England An area in Ipswich, England Gainsborough Area in Kiama Downs, New South Wales, Australia Aeris Gainsborough, a character from Final Fantasy VII Thomas Gainsborough, a painter (who is often referred to simply as Gainsborough) Humphrey Gainsborough, Thomass brother Gainsborough Pictures... Sir Joshua Reynolds in a self-portrait Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney, The Archers, 1769. ... Self Portrait With a Sunflower Sir Anthony (Antoon) van Dyck (*March 22, 1599 - December 9, 1641) was a Flemish painter — mainly of portraits — who became the leading court painter in England. ... This article is about the Renaissance artist. ... Domenico Puligo (1492-1527) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active in Florence. ... The Tribuna of the Uffizi, by Johan Zoffany, 1772-8, Royal Collection, Windsor. ... Teniers was a family of celebrated Flemish painters that included: David Teniers the Elder (1582-1649) David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690) David Teniers III (1638-1685) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

During World War I, students from the nearby Southover School in Lewes were housed here, and during World War II, Canadian soldiers were quartered here. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... This is about Lewes in England. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Land Force Command (LFC) is responsible for army operations within the Canadian Forces. ...

Notable Residents

The writer Virginia Woolf visited nearby Lewes in December 1910^[4] and decided to relocate in Firle, where she rented a house and renamed it Little Talland House^[5]. Pointz Hall, a fictional manor from her novel Between the Acts, is believed to be inspired by Firle Place^[6]. Woolf's sister, painter and interior designer Vanessa Bell, moved to Firle in 1916 taking residence in Charleston Farmhouse with her live-in lover Duncan Grant, which subsequently became a regular haunt of the Bloomsbury Group. The bodies of Vanessa Bell, her son Quentin Bell, and her lover Duncan Grant are all buried in St Peter's Firle Churchyard. For the American writer, see Virginia Euwer Wolff. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell (May 28, 1879 – April 7, 1961), was an English painter and interior designer and a member of the Bloomsbury group. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Charleston Farmhouse, near Lewes, East Sussex, UK Charleston, often called Charleston Farmhouse is a farmhouse located between Lewes and Polegate in Sussex, England. ... Self Portrait, 1920, National Gallery of Scotland. ... The Bloomsbury Group or Bloomsbury Set or just Bloomsbury, as its adherents would generally refer to it, was an English group of artists and scholars that existed from around 1905 until around World War II. // History The group began as an informal socialwe have been great to society assembly of... Quentin Claudian Stephen Bell (19 August 1910 – 16 December 1996) was an English art historian and author. ... Self Portrait, 1920, National Gallery of Scotland. ...

Writer Katherine Mansfield, who had close ties with the Bloomsbury Group, also lived in Firle for a brief time. Her landlord was economist John Maynard Keynes, who moved to Firle himself in 1925 and died there in 1946. Keynes was cremated and his ashes scattered above the downs of nearby Tilton. Katherine Mansfield (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a prominent New Zealand modernist writer of short fiction. ... John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, CB (pronounced cains, IPA ) (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist whose ideas, called Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory as well as on many governments fiscal policies. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Village Features

St Peters Church notably it contains an alabaster effigy of Sir John Gage wearing his Order of the Garter and lying beside his wife Philippa. It also has a John Piper stained-glass window in warm colours, depicting Blake's Tree of Life. There are also memorials for those named Bolney, Moreton, Levett, Swaffield and others. The current vicar is The Reverend Peter Owen-Jones. John Piper (artist), a prominent artist John Piper (politician), 19th-century lieutenant-governor of the Norfolk Island John Piper (theologian), a Reformed theologian and pastor This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The Ram Inn this is only remaining the village's three original public houses, that previously all acted as resting stops on the Lewes to Alfriston coach road. It used also to be the village court room where the rents for tenants farmers were collected and set.

Firle Cricket Club was founded in 1758 and is said to be one of the oldest in the country. Even earlier in 1725 Sir William Hall Gage challenged the Duke of Richmond to a game of cricket, one of the first recorded matches. The club continues to be central to village life, the club has two teams who both compete in the East Sussex Cricket League[2]. The Firle 1st XI are in ESCL Division 8 and the Firle 2nd XI are in ESCL Division 12, previously both teams played in the Cuckmere Valley League, the 2007 is their first year in the ESCL. William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage (January 1, 1718 – October 11, 1791) was born to Thomas Gage and Benedicta Maria Theresa Hall. ...

Firle Beacon To the south of the village lies the South Downs and the Firle Beacon which reaches a height of 217m. The Beacon was once a lighting beacon used as part of a warning system during the Spanish Amarda. On the site there are also around fifty bronze age burial barrows. The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ...

The Firle Bonfire Society is first referenced in 1879 when mentioned in a diary of the then vicar of Firle, Reverend Crawley. The society and forms part of a network of bonfire societies in the Lewes area which serve the purpose both of remembering the Gunpowder Plot and of recalling the fate of the Sussex Martyrs. The village hold their celebrations in October before the main event in Lewes traditionally the Firle Bonfire Society Pioneers wear Valencian costumes. Other costumes include Spanish Ladies and a Military Contingent. It is also customary for the bonfire night to feature the burning of some effigy other than Guy Fawkes and in 2003 they sparked controversy by burning an effigy of a gypsy caravan ^[7] A contemporary sketch of the conspirators. ...

External Links

Firle Place Official Website [3]

Firle Bonfire Society Website [4]

Charleston Farmhouse Website [5]

Firle Cricket Club Official Website [6]

Notes

1. ^ http://www.gwp.enta.net/sussnames.htm
2. ^ http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/landownersm-o.html
3. ^ http://www.secretsofthenormaninvasion.com/part60.htm
4. ^ http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/localhistory/authors/woolf.htm
5. ^ http://www.virginiawoolfsociety.co.uk/vw_res.firle.htm
6. ^ http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/localhistory/authors/woolf.htm
7. ^ BBC News Article 30th October, 2003 [1]