... I understood that nearly all the Eastbourne area was owned by the Duke of Devonshire that is- The Cavendish family. could any documents be perhaps part of...
AnneInduni
anneinduni@...
May 2, 2004 2:45 pm
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Hi can anyone give me any information on these marks, any work done on them, land owner etc. ...
My reading of the photo against the 25000 scale map places these marks about a mile from the place marked as Perching, on the slopes above Bushy Bottom. Ref:...
i was thinking the same as you doug, the village is shown to tobe ne of the marks. Does anyone know of any work done on the area, or who the landowner is, and...
Coincidentally, BHAS have been doing some Geophysics on the site marked as Medieval Perching. As I recall, the person doing the research (hi Karol) thinks that...
The most recent discussion of Perching, to my knowledge, is by John Bleach and Richard Jones, with a c. 1794 drawing, at p. 216 in Farrant, John. 2001. Sussex...
Once again Worthing Museum and Art Gallery is holding its ever popular Touch Day on Saturday 8 May. Between 10 & 4 visitors can handle a variety of artefacts...
Ann.Wise@...
May 4, 2004 11:10 am
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HISTORIANS in Reigate have been entrenched in a major dig in the town after uncovering a Roman tileworks. The discovery has been made in Doods Way and is...
Wilmington Priory, owned by Sussex Archaeological Society but let to and managed by the Landmark Trust (holiday accommodation), can be visited on Landmark...
Caroline Wells
CarolineWells@...
May 5, 2004 9:03 am
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see the current volume of Surrey Archaeological collections [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Thank you for this Caroline. I found their site at :- http://www.landmarktrust.co.uk/openday.html Where it advises the last days are mornings only. There is...
Dear All, Quite by chance I have just listened to "Open Country" Radio 4 at 1.30pm, which was about the area of the South Downs around Brighton and the...
Ann Best
anniebest@...
May 6, 2004 1:23 pm
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I am afraid that it was probably a repeat of the Open Country which was on LAST Saturday am, but as you say, may be possible to hear online. ... From: Ann...
Sylvia Lee
sylvia.lee@...
May 6, 2004 1:32 pm
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I came across the following in Richard Jeffries’s essay The Country-side: Sussex (Part II) published in 1889 but written maybe a decade earlier: "Much of...
Does anyone have any knowledge about medieval 'pilgrimage/crusader badges/tokens' in particular those from the Iberian Peninsular. Odd request I know but I...
jenny
jenny.compton@...
May 12, 2004 12:29 pm
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To a good home, Current Archaeology Nos 24 Jan 1971 to 189 Dec 2003. Iam disposeing of these on behalf of a friend,they would prefer them to go to a student...
rodney.gunner@...
May 24, 2004 10:57 am
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I am looking for any textual and archaeological writings and evidence on Besik Bay 7 miles West of the Troy site. I am looking into the possibility that this...
Hi has anyone any information on James Burton and the building of St Leonards-on-Sea as a town please? Has anyone any information, maps, pictures etc of...
As an introduction, read 'Burton's St Leonards' by J Manwaring Baines (2nd edn , 1990, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery) - available to borrow through ESCC...
sharyn.hedge
sharyn.hedge@...
May 25, 2004 5:31 pm
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Hi,Iam looking for information about Ha ha,s in the Sussex area,are there any publications on the subject,really only interested in Sussex,but overall history...
rodney.gunner@...
May 25, 2004 9:11 pm
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There is one in Stanmer Park, now in the wood but originaly separating the wood from the garden. It runs parrallel to the walled garden and consitst of a ditch...
The road between Walderton and West Marden when passing Watergate House sits in a flint lined cutting. Whilst this is not a true Ha Ha which is really designed...
John Wood
J.Wood@...
May 27, 2004 10:56 am
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I spent a few (miserable) years at a school in Worth Park, Nr Crawley. The house was magnificent with mosaic flooring in a semi-curcular library, an enormous...
beaveer.house@...
beaver.house@...
May 27, 2004 11:11 am
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Charles Bridgeman (died 1738) has been credited with originating the ha-ha as a garden feature. A ha-ha is a sunken barrier or low wall between a garden and...
Hi Wanted articles from anyone who lived in Polegate between 1800-2000 to write an article of not more than 100 words to be included in my book of Polegate...
Dear all apols if this has been posted before: Just in case there is anyone or any organisation who might be interested it is again time to rue (pluck) or...
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