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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name=Frant Civil Parish
| country=England
| region=South East England
| static_image=
| static_image_caption=<small></small>
| area_footnotes=<ref name=ESiF>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/ |title=East Sussex in Figures |accessdate=2008-04-26 |publisher=East Sussex County Council}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 31.93
| population=1367 (2007)<ref name=ESiF />
| population_density= {{Pop density mi2 to km2|110.9|precision=1|abbr=yes}}
| os_grid_reference=TQ590354
| latitude=51.10
| longitude=0.27
| post_town=TUNBRIDGE WELLS
| postcode_area=TN
| postcode_district=TN3 9
| dial_code=01892
| constituency_westminster=[[Wealden (UK Parliament constituency)|Wealden]]
| london_distance={{convert|33|mi}} NNW
| shire_district=[[Wealden]]
| shire_county=[[East Sussex]]
| website=http://www.frant.info/
}}
'''Frant''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Wealden]] District of [[East Sussex]], [[England]]. It is located five miles (8 km) south of [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]], on the [[A267 road]] to [[Mayfield, East Sussex|Mayfield]]. The settlements of ''Bells Yew Green'' and ''Eridge'' are both located within the parish. Frant has a [[Frant railway station|railway station]], at Bells Yew Green, served by [[Hastings Line]] trains.
The village is an ancient one, having existed before the [[Norman Conquest]]: it is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]]. 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 [[toll road|turnpike roads]] (now the A267) came through here at that time.<ref>[http://thesussexweald.org/P5.asp?PId=5347Frant Frant history]</ref>
Frant church is dedicated to [[St Alban]]<ref>[http://www.frant.info/church/albans1.htm St Albans church]</ref>; and there is a church school <ref>[http://www.frantcep.e-sussex.sch.uk/ Frant CE Primary School]</ref>. The village is home to two [[Site of Special Scientific Interest|Sites of Special Scientific Interest]], Eridge Green and Eridge Park.
There are two public houses in the parish: ''The Abergavenny Arms'' in Frant; and ''The George Inn'' at Bells Yew Green.
==References==
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[[Category:Local government in East Sussex]]
[[Category:Villages in East Sussex]]
[[Category:Wealden]]