Horsted Keynes

Horsted Keynes is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The village is about 5mi north east of Haywards Heath, in the Weald. The civil parish is largely rural, covering 1581ha, and has a population of 1, 586 (2011 census) (increased from 1, 507 in 2001). The Prime Meridian passes about 1 mile to the east of the village of Horsted Keynes. Origin and historyGuillaume de Cahaignes, a French knight who had landed with William the Conqueror and fought at Hastings, and Lord of the Manor of what is now Cahagnes, was given Milton in Buckinghamshire and the Sussex village of Horstede (The Place of Horses in Saxon) which became Horstede de Cahaignes and in time Horsted Keynes. The place name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village has been formally twinned with the Normandy village of Cahagnes since 1971. The Horsted Cahagnes Society promotes social and cultural links, and organises annual exchange visits between the two places. On Saturday, 28 August 1624, Horsted Keynes hosted what is believed to be the earliest known organised cricket match in Sussex. Knowledge of it stems from the death thirteen days later of Jasper Vinall, on whom an inquest was held. He had suffered a head injury during the game when accidentally hit by the bat. As Vinall came from West Hoathly, it is assumed that the event was a village cricket match between the two parish teams.

Horsted Keynes is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The village is about 5mi north east of Haywards Heath, in the Weald. The civil parish is largely rural, covering 1581ha, and has a population of 1, 586 (2011 census) (increased from 1, 507 in 2001). The Prime Meridian passes about 1 mile to the east of the village of Horsted Keynes. Origin and historyGuillaume de Cahaignes, a French knight who had landed with William the Conqueror and fought at Hastings, and Lord of the Manor of what is now Cahagnes, was given Milton in Buckinghamshire and the Sussex village of Horstede (The Place of Horses in Saxon) which became Horstede de Cahaignes and in time Horsted Keynes. The place name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village has been formally twinned with the Normandy village of Cahagnes since 1971. The Horsted Cahagnes Society promotes social and cultural links, and organises annual exchange visits between the two places. On Saturday, 28 August 1624, Horsted Keynes hosted what is believed to be the earliest known organised cricket match in Sussex. Knowledge of it stems from the death thirteen days later of Jasper Vinall, on whom an inquest was held. He had suffered a head injury during the game when accidentally hit by the bat. As Vinall came from West Hoathly, it is assumed that the event was a village cricket match between the two parish teams.