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Frant is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is located on the Kentish border, about three miles (5 km) south of Tunbridge Wells. The settlements of ''Bells Yew Green'' and ''Eridge'' are both located within the parish. When the Wealden iron industry was at its height, much of the village was owned by ironmasters. Smuggling occurred here in the 17th and 18th centuries; and one of the turnpike roads (now the A267) came through here at that time.〔(Frant history )〕 Frant church is dedicated to St Alban;〔(St Albans church )〕 and there is a church school.〔(Frant CE Primary School )〕 St Alban's Frant was a major surveying point for the Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790) calculating the precise distance and relationship between the Paris Observatory and the Royal Greenwich Observatory, undertaken by General William Roy. There are three public houses in the parish: ''The Abergavenny Arms'' on the A267 in Frant; and ''The George Inn'' in the High Street with ''The Brecknock Arms'' at Bells Yew Green. Col. John By, Royal Engineer heading the Rideau Canal project, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1826-1832, is buried here. He was also the builder of Bytown, which developed to become Ottawa, the capital of Canada. ==History== Frant is an ancient village and some of its Old Victorian buildings (the old Frant Church of England Primary School and other High Street buildings) still stand strong for the eye to see. Although it was not mentioned in the Domesday Book, a settlement certainly predates the Norman Conquest; indeed, excavations in 1929 by S. E. Winbolt uncovered pottery fragments and ironworkings that indicated the presence of a settlement dating back to 100 BC. There is also evidence that a pre-Norman road, with military posts, ran from Frant to Crowborough. The first mention of an area within the parish was in 742, when the Saxon chief Æðelberht granted the manor of Ridrefelde (Rotherfield) and Ramslye to the Abbey of St Denis in France; though part of Tunbridge Wells today, Ramslye was at the time part of the parish of Frant.〔 The village fell under the Rape of Pevensey and the hundred of Rotherfield. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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