Harrietsham

Harrietsham is noted in the Domesday Book. In mediaeval times, the manor of Harrietsham passed through a succession of families, including the Adam family of Essex. The manor subsequently passed from Stephen Adam to his sister Eve, wife of John Levett of Hollington, East Sussex. On Levett's death, his widow remarried Laurence Ashburnham, Gent., of Broomham, Sussex, ancestor of the Ashburnham baronets, bringing the manor of Harrietsham into the Ashburnham family. The village contains a number of listed buildings, the most important of which architecturally are Bell Farm House in East Street and the Saxon Church of St John the Baptist, which are both listed Grade I. The village also includes…