Catsfield, E Sussex - Church of St. Lawrence - Judges postcard c.1980s

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• Picture / Image:  The Church of St. Lawrence, Catsfield, East Sussex
• Publisher:  Judges C11877X
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Catsfield is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located six miles (9.7 km) north of Bexhill, and three miles (5 km) southwest of Battle.

The village was first documented in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was recorded ""there is a little church serving the hall"". It is one of the oldest settlements in the area, with Romano British period archaeological remains.

The village once consisted of two manors: Catsfield and Catsfield Levett. Thomas Lyvet (Levett) held the lordship of the manor of Catsfield in 1445 but forfeited it, along with the lordship of Firle, for his debts. But the manor of Catsfield Levett remained in the Levett family for centuries, and in the seventeenth century a Levett heiress carried it into the Eversfield family. (Richard Lyvet of Firle was lord of the manor of Catsfield in 1431.) With a fortune built on ancestral landholdings and later on iron making, the Levetts held land across Sussex. The parish church is dedicated to St Laurence.^[2]

Catsfield is located in the Sussex Weald within the designated landscape the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

At a local level, Catsfield is governed by a parish council which is responsible for street lighting, allotments and recreational areas. They provide a local voice to the district and county councils. The parish council consists of seven councillors.^[3] The May 2007 was uncontested.

Rother District council provides the next level of government with services such as refuse collection, planning consent, leisure amenities and council tax collection. Catsfield is within the Crowhurst ward, along with the parishes of Ashburnham and Penhurst, Crowhurst, and part of Battle. In the May 2007 election Crowhurst ward was won by the Conservative candidate.^[4]

East Sussex county council is the third tier of government, providing education, libraries and highway maintenance. Catsfield falls within the Battle and Crowhurst ward. Kathryn Margaret Field, Liberal Democrat, was elected in the May 2005 election with 48.8% of the vote.^[5]

The UK Parliament constituency for Catsfield is Bexhill and Battle. Gregory Barker was re-elected in the May 2005 election.

At European level, Catsfield is represented by the South-East region, which holds ten seats in the European Parliament. The June 2004 election returned four Conservatives, two Liberal Democrats, two UK Independence, one Labour and one Green, none of whom live in East Sussex.^[6]

The Church dates from the early medieval period: the Nave is 1100, the Tower late 12th century, the Chancel 13th century and the Tower buttresses 15th century.

The medieval church bells are hung in the Tower. The first and smallest bell is inscribed ""Sum Rosa Pulsata Mundi Katerina Vocata"" (When I am struck I am the Rose of the World and am called Katerina); the second bell is inscribed ""Dulcis Sisto Melis Campana Vocor Gabrielis"" (I am the honey voiced bell called Gabriel). Both bells were cast probably in the vicinity of the church during the late 14th or early 15th century by William Wodewarde of London. The third and largest bell is said to have been the greatest ever cast by William Hull of Hailsham and has the inscription ""William Hull of Hailsham made me in 1685. John Maynard, John Blaskit, Churchwardens"".

The church clock was made and installed during the late 19th century by J.W.Benson of Ludgate Hill, London.

The most venerable oak of Sussex was once to be found in the churchyard dating to the time before the Conquest. It was lost in the 1960s.

type=printed

city/ region=catsfield

period=world war ii (1939-45)

publisher=judges ltd

postage condition=unposted

number of items=single

size=continental/ modern (150x100 mm)