 Although the electoral division at County Hall is named "Lingfield", which is well-known throughout the region for its horse-racing course, that neighbouring parish has no other historic connection to the village, nor the others within its division.A temporary airfield was established to support the Normandy Landings in early 1944 on farmland straddling Bones Lane.It was constructed in three months and used for just seven weeks from May to June 1944.