Tarring Neville

Infobox UK place
official_name=Tarring Neville
country=England
region=South East England
static_

static_image_caption=St Mary's Church
area_footnotes=-inc Glynde & Beddinghamcite web |url=http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/ |title=East Sussex in Figures |accessdate=2008-04-26 |publisher=East Sussex County Council]
area_total_km2 =25.4
population=555 (Parish-2007)
"includes Glynde and Beddingham"
population_density= Pop density mi2 to km2|56|precision=0|abbr=yes
os_grid_reference=TQ442037
latitude=50.82
longitude=0.05
post_town=NEWHAVEN
postcode_area=BN
postcode_district=BN9
dial_code=01273
constituency_westminster=Lewes
london_distance=convert|48|mi N
shire_district=Lewes
shire_county=East Sussex

Tarring Neville is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles (8 km) south of Lewes, on the A26 road to Newhaven.

Landmarks

The parish church, dedicated to St Mary, is a Grade I listed building. It was built in the 13th century and has a 14th-century font. [cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=417977 |title=National Monument Record |accessdate=2008-08-09 |work=Images of England |publisher=English Heritage |date=1965-08-20] Two other Grade II listed buildings, the Manor Farmhouse and associated barn, are within the parish.

Governance

On a local level, the parish is governed with a Parish meeting although there have been no representations in recent years. [cite web |url=http://www.escis.org.uk/Entry/View/Tarring_Neville_Parish_Meeting/15677 |title=Tarring Neville Parish Meeting |accessdate=2008-08-09 |work=East Sussex Community Information Service |publisher=East Sussex County Council ]

The next level of government is the district council. The parish of Tarring Neville lies within the Ouse Valley and Ringmer ward of Lewes District Council, which returns three seats to the council. The election on 4 May 2007 elected two Liberal Democrats and one local Conservative. [cite web |url=http://www.lewes.gov.uk/council/3847.asp#Ouse_Valley_and_Ringmer|title=Election Results|accessdate=2008-08-09|publisher=Lewes District Council|date=2007-05-04]

East Sussex County Council is the next tier of government, for which Tarring Neville is within the Ouse Valley East division, with responsibility for Education, Libraries, Social Services, Civil Registration, Trading Standards and Transport. Elections for the County Council are held every four years. The Liberal Democrat Thomas Ost was elected in the 2005 election. [cite web |url=http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/about/people/councillors/find/ousevalley/ |title=Councillor Pat (Thomas) Ost |accessdate=2008-09-19 |work=Find your Councillor |publisher=East Sussex County Council]

The UK Parliament constituency for Tarring Neville is Lewes. The Liberal Democrat Norman Baker has been serving as the constituency MP since 1997.

At European level, Tarring Neville 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. [cite web |url=http://www.europarl.org.uk/uk_meps/MembersMain.htm |title=UK MEP's |accessdate=2007-09-19 |publisher=UK Office of the European Parliament]

Reference

External links

*- Parish church of St Mary
*- Manor Farmhouse
*- Barn near Manor Farmhouse