The name “Mayfield” appears before the Mayfield Palace has attracted many royal village was established, getting its title visitors over the centuries as can be seen from the “-feld”, a clearing in the wood from the timeline below. The Mayfield estate caused by early iron workers. St Dunstan, was transferred from the Archbishops of Archbishop of Canterbury in the 900s, built Canterbury after the reformation to the a wooden church and a hospice here. In 1260 Gresham family who established the gun Archbishop Boniface of Savoy gained papal foundry. permission to build a manor in his “forest” at Mayfield, having built the first stone church, the Tower of which remains today.

960 1250s 1389 c.1500 1556 1860s 2013 First (wooden) St Dunstan’s High Street “Yeomans” built 4 protestant St. Leonard’s Maggi version of Church tower and church in early part of martyrs Mayfield school Hambling’s St Dunstan’s built burnt down the century burnt at the established sculpture Church stake “Resurrection 1260 c.1500 Spirit”, installed Papal permission Palace gatehouse 1570s in St. Dunstan’s for building a and church Mayfield palace for the nave built by gun foundry Archbishop of Archbishop John established Canterbury Morton 1262 Royal Warrant for Mayfield Street Market

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Royal 1272-1307 1510 1573 1833 1834 reign of Edward I Henry visit of visit of Princess visitors who visited Mayfield VIII visits Elizabeth I Victoria Palace 3 times Mayfield

www.mayfieldfiveashes.org.uk Produced by Mayfield and Five Ashes Parish Council © 2017 with photos by Simon Heaton, Tim Cornish and Jerry Watkiss Today Mayfield is a thriving rural village with charming mix of shops and houses in the High Street. The buildings shown can be viewed from the outside, but are not open to the public, apart from the Middle House pub. However, the cafés and the shops, with their distinctive ranges, will be delighted to welcome you.

2 MAYFIELD SCHOOL is on the site of the archbishop’s Manor or 1 “Palace”. Royal visitors YEOMANS. Early 15th included Edward I, Henry century Wealden house VII, Henry VIII and of four bays with an eastern 3 Princess Victoria. added in 16th century.

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A 1570s. Much larger guns O P R 4 were made at Mayfield S L STONE HOUSE (St Furnace 1 mile north, L 6 Josephs). Grade 2* Built by E which was one of Europe’s W 5 CROSSWAYS, early 1800s on the Stone family in 1730s. major arms producers. E ST DUNSTAN’S G The windows are framed D the site of the original market I CHURCH dates from the with Gothic “basket” arches R cross. In front is the stone B

1250s. Look out for the N trough to refresh the horses. Jacobean monument to U 2 T Thomas Aynscombe and R E E T 3 H I N G S T his family on your right 4 F LE TC

H 9 inside the entrance 5 O 1 9 L D HIGH STREET LANE STAR 8 WALNUT TREE HOUSE E

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A D L N RO A close-studded timber 7 AT I O 6 N T E S E framing, jettied. U N V E T E A SOU T H S T R E E TH T 7 E E R P 8 MEMORIAL to the four T L L S I T N H protestant martyrs burnt S T MIDDLE HOUSE. E WC T V A W A B in 1556 near where they L Grade 1 listed. E D R R “constantlie and joyfullie O Probably built by John 50yds A O yielded their lives”. D C Aynscombe in the last www.mayfieldfiveashes.org.uk few years of the 1500s.