Framfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.

The village is located two miles (3 km) east of Uckfield; the settlements of Blackboys and Palehouse form part of the parish area of 6,700 acres (2,706 ha).

Saxon invaders established many settlements along the Weald: the final -field in its name means a clearing in the forest to build such a place.

[citation needed] The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book (Framelle); part of the church has Norman stonework.

By 1590 the manor of Framfield, which had been in the Levett family for centuries, came to Bromley and Branthwaite by letters patent in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Within several years it was in the hands of Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst and through marriage ultimately came to John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet.

[citation needed] It is possible that the inn was also founded as an overnight lodge for the drivers transporting charcoal from the local woods to Lewes and other towns.

The composer, Ruth Gipps lived, in later years, at Tickerage Castle, now a large detached house.

The main charcoal business of the parish stopped in the early 19th century when the iron industry moved north to the Midlands with their large deposits of coal.