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A n O d e t o a R o a d
Pieter Boogaart with Rita Boogaart
Chapter 1: To Haywards Heath 23
Poundford, Hadlow Down, Pound Green, Buxted, Cooper’s Green, Maresfield, Piltdown, Barkham, Newick, Meridian, North Chailey, Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath
Chapter 2: Cuckfield to Billingshurst 53
Cuckfield, Ansty, Bolney, Cowfold, Parkminster, West Grinstead, Shipley, Dragons Green, Coneyhurst, Billingshurst
Chapter 3: Newbridge to Petwor th 81 Newbridge, Wisborough Green, Idehurst, Strood Green, The Mens, Petworth
Chapter 4: Tillington to Midhurst 101
Tillington, Halfway Bridge, Selham, Cowdray, Easebourne, Midhurst
Chapter 5: Midhurst to Petersfield 121
Midhurst, Stedham Common, Trotton, Terwick, Rogate, Durford, Durleighmarsh, Sheet, Petersfield
Chapter 6: Stroud to Winchester 141
Stroud, Langrish, Privett, West Meon, Brockwood, Bramdean, New Cheriton or Hinton Marsh, Cheesefoot Head, Chilcomb, Winchester
Chapter 7: West of Winchester 175
The Big Switcheroo, Weeke, Sparsholt, Crawley, Woolbury Hill, Stockbridge
Test 196
Addenda with rita boogaart 205 Index 260
abc p. 21
England, Your England p. 49
Sculpture Parks p. 77
Blessed are the Peacemakers p. 78
Conservation Societies p. 97
Love Me, Love My Dog p. 98
An Arundel Tomb p. 117
Manners maketh man p. 118
Frisking the Haddock p. 137
The Folly Fellowship p. 171
And miles to go before I sleep p. 172
I do believe her though I know she lies p. 193
Looking back p. 194
T o R i t a
The A272 and the areas to the north and south of the road are described in three separate bands of text per chapter Each can be read independently, and they are also co-ordinated on the page, so that at any point on the road you can see what there is immediately to the north and south of you.
The A272 itself is described in the central section of the pages, starting at Poundford in East Sussex and running west to Stockbridge.
If you are an armchair A272 lover, you may find it easier to tackle the book chapter by chapter, middle, north, south
a u s e r ’ s g u i d e t o t h i s g u i d e N O T E S N O T E S
Sights up to six or sometimes seven miles north of the road are described in the upper sections of the pages
North of the A272
The margins to the left and right of these texts are used for notes: biographical details, stories, poems, technical terms * * * * * * * * * * A2 7 2
South of the A272
Sights up to six or sometimes seven miles south of the road are described in the lower sections of the pages
Stars N in the text refer to an addendum, printed on pages 205-237
W e s t w a r d . W h e n I f i r s t t h o u g h t a b o u t i t , t h e c r y ‘ G o W e s t , y o u n g man!’ sprang to mind I didn’t know why, so I looked it up. It’s a quotat i o n f r o m a 1 9 t h C A m e r i c a n j o u rnalist called Horace Greeley and was t a k e n f r o m h i s H i n t s t o w a r d Reform That does not particularly sound as if one would gladly follow the advice. The full quotation serves to explain the idea a bit better perh a p s : ‘ G o W e s t , y o u n g m a n , a n d grow up with the country ’
T h e r e h a s a l w a y s b e e n a d e e pseated feeling of longing for the west in European culture, perhaps related to the fact that most peoples on the continent have moved from east to w e s t C i v i l i z a t i o n h a s o f t e n m o v e d w e s t w a r d I n o u r c a s e w e k n o w
a b o u t B a b y l o n a n d E g y p t , t h e n Greece and on to Rome The direc-
t i o n i s c l e a r : i t ’ s t h e s a m e a s t h e course of the sun. The ideal seems to be: Westward Ho! Off into the sun-
s e t W h e r e t h e s p i r i t s h o u l d f i n d rest The pyramids were built on the western side of the Nile The Celts mainly moved westward. Traces of this ancient race are still to be found in the west of western Europe: the w e s t o f F r a n c e a n d S p a i n , a n d i n Britain in Cornwall, Wales and the
S c o t t i s h i s l e s , o r e v e n f u r t h e r , i n Ireland. And for the Irish again they are in the west of the island, in coun-
t i e s K e r r y , G a l w a y , M a y o a n d Donegal ‘Go West, young man!’: in
t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a g a i n w e s t e r n
c i v i l i s a t i o n m o v e d w e s t w a r d T h e
F a r W e s t w a s c o n q u e r e d , a s c e l eb r a t e d i n b o o k s a n d f i l m s c a l l e d Westerns. Pioneers moved from the east coast, where the first ships landed, to what is still often regarded by
A m e r i c a n s a s t h e p r o m i s e d l a n d :
C a l i f o r n i a , H o l l y w o o d , w h a t h a v e you.
Maybe we tend to move from east t o w e s t b e c a u s e t h e e a r t h i t s e l f
m o v e s f r o m w e s t t o e a s t ( t h e s u n standing still) and we want to compensate
From East to West
Th i n k i n g o f a r o a d r u n n i n g f r o m e a s t t o west one is bound to consider at some point why it doesn’t run from west to east. Of course it does, but that direction feels wrong here The choice for westward was made on instinct
But apart from this apparently inherent urge to go westward there are also logical reas o n
direction. The road comes in areas where road numbers generally start with A2 on the eastern side, and A3 on the western side If our road had started in the west its number would have begun with A3 This is because roads are supposed to radiate from London clockwise In the south of England road numbers are in
PREFACE
England’ s Epitome
There is something incongruous in choosing a road as the subject-matter for a book. A road is not supposed to be an objective, a goal. A road takes you to where you want to be. It’s not in itself a destination.
Ithink my main motive for writing about a road is gratitude. From the first holidays my wife and I had in England, long ago in the mid-1960s, I have tremendously enjoyed driving around I used to teach English language and literature, and developed a special affection for the country and the people, while my wife Rita is a versatile and enthusiastic art historian. So anywhere was interesting really, and we t r a v e l l e d a
, Land’s End and John O’ Groats; and all sorts of places in between, to see where we would like to go back. We enjoyed the roads themselves as well, and their quality. English roads are beautiful, a fact the English may need to be reminded of Traffic may not be beautiful; the roads are. The A272 is a case in point.
Okay, so why write about the A272 specifically? The best answer to that question may be the counter-question: why not?
That the number A272 has a nice ring to it can’t be sufficient. My wife and I had done bits of it in the past at some times and other bits at other times, and we liked it better than most, but there were other roads we particularly liked as well The A25 for instance, the A466 from Monmouth to Chepstow or the A9 to John
Acknowledgements
In gathering the material for this book I have o f t e n h a
sorts of sources. I am not a very gullible person. Every bit of information in this book is correct as far as I have been able to ascertain I have always tried to get second opinions or look facts up on maps, in archives, books and brochures I
hope this doesn’t cause trouble for you. I have enjoyed reading lots of books to prepare myself
subjects H
Fortunately most towns and villages nowadays have produced their own guide books and story books, as have most gardens that are open to the public, and estates, even some of the
A n o t h e r d o w n - t o - e a r t h p r a c t i c a l r e a s o n f o r following the road westward is that this way we
h a v e t h e o n l y c i t y , W i n c h e s t e r , a n o b v i o u s highlight, near the end of our journey. It gives something to head for, and climaxes should be near the end, not at the beginning of a journey
An o t h e r r e a s o n c o u l d b e t h a t f o r e i g n e r s
c o m e i n t o t h e c o u n t r y i n t h e e a s t I f w e manage to guide them along this road, they will
have enjoyed a fair and representative part of England before we release them on their way to wherever they wanted to be Probably popular holiday destinations like Devon and Cornwall, o r W a l e s M y g u e s s w o u l d b e t h a t o n c e t h e y have started on our road they will get hooked on it and won ’t get much further than the A272 and its immediate surroundings Quite rightly, too Since the A272 is England’ s epitome they
O’Groats Beautiful roads The A272 is only marginally special as a road But for some reason it always filled me with a sense of nostalgia when we came across it or when I saw it on a map. It’s a bit like falling in love and trying to explain why in a level-headed and rational way I could argue that it is a country road exactly 90 miles long. Your map may give a slightly different figure, but drive it and you’ll see that I am right: it’s 90 miles. A gross of kilometres: 144. Nice figures, but so what? I could also argue that it runs almost exactly east-west It wraps itself round the fifty-first degree of latitude in a most sensuous manner. That may be a bit rare, but it’s nothing to write home about, let alone a book. I could argue that it is in the south of England, not too far from London. Not bad at all, of course. Far enough from the capital to be in the country, close enough to have ties with London. It’s not too far away from the continent either Is that good? I could also say that it runs between two ranges of hills: the North Downs and the South Downs. Ah, that’s a bit better. That tells us that we might expect to see some lovely scenery.X
Butwhat is perhaps most special or surprising about the A272 is that it seems to go on all the time. Looking at it on a map you see it going in the direction of a certain town or another road as if it was going to stop there, but then looking at the o t h e
north. That happens lots of times. This road continually survives itself. For ninety
hogger But all these reasons put together would not provide a valid excuse for writing a book about it.
Here follows the real reason. I had this vague idea when I started my investigations, but now I know for certain With hindsight I can unequivocally say why I have come to love this road. It represents England. It epitomises England.
roads is generally high Additionally attractive is the fact that minor roads twist and turn and go up and down That may not be very convenient for E n g l i s h p e o p l e o n t h e i r w a y t o w o r k
Dutch holiday-makers, since in most of the Netherlands one can drive a hundred straight miles in almost any d i r e c t i o n w i t h o u t e v e r n o t i c e a b l y g e t t i n g a f o o t h i g h e r , e x c e
bridges Not two hundred miles, by t h
the country.
Books: a full or even a select bibliography would be inappropriate here
O n t r a v e l a n d o n t h e s u b j e c t o f
r o a d s t h e r e a r e t h e c l a s s i c s : D a n i e l
D e f o e , W i l l i a m C o b b e t t , E V
L u c a s , E d w a r d T h o m a s a n d o f
c o u r s e H i l a i r e B e l l o c ( w h o l i v e d along the A272). General reference works like AA books on towns and villages and more specialised books o n a r c h i t e c t u r e , f o l l i e s , h i s t o r y , mythology, sculpture or gardens, or w o r k s l i k e t h e O x f o r d I l l u s t r a t e d
L i t e r a r y G u i d e h a v e a l s o b e e n a
h e l p . A n y g o o d s e c o n d - h a n d
b o o k s h o p w i l l h a v e a s h e l f f u l l o f
r e g i o n a l a n d l o c a l s t u f f . S o m e o f these books may be regarded as classics too, but a good deal of the information is too outdated to use them as guidebooks. On Sussex clearly the
b e s t r e c e n t b o o k s a r e b y D a v i d Arscott, on his own for The Sussex
p r i v a t e o n e s F o r o t h e r l o c a l h i s t o r y b o o k s I have usually relied on what the libraries had to o f f e r . T h e r e h a v e b e e n o n l y f e w o c c a s i o n s when the Ordnance Survey Landranger maps 1:50 000 gave insufficient information, but then there were always the County Record Offices
C h u r c h g u i d e s : I h a v e r
l l o v e
hundred, I should think, and of course Tourist
Ge t t i n g t h e r i g h t i n f o r m a t i o n h a s n o t a lways been easy Nice, polite letters often remain unanswered. Parish Council clerks are an oblivious race Higher authorities are better S o m e w
. A t o
civil servants are very busy bees Busy Bs with
I n f o r m a t i o n b r o c h u r e s a n d b o o k l e t s , w h o s e quality varies enormously, but which were always cheerfully provided.
S t o r y a n d t h e ‘ C u r i o s i t i e s ’ b o o k s , a n d i n c o l
Hampshire Curiosities by Jo Draper
Welcome. Let me give you a few exa m p l e s o f h o w I h a v e f a r e d I h a d read Edward Thomas in The South C o u n t r y : ‘ B u t t h e S o u t h i s t e n d e r and will harbour any one; her quiet
p e o p l e r e s e n t i n t r u s i o n q u i e t l y , s o that many do not notice the resent-
m e n t ’ I w a s r e m i n d e d o f t h e s e words when I told a lady, who had
v e r y k i n d l y p r o v i d e d m e w i t h t h e
k e y t o a c h u r c h d o o r , t h a t I w a s
t h i n k i n g o f w r i t i n g a b o o k S h e
s c o w l e d ‘ Y o u w i l l o n l y b r i n g i n
m o r e t o u r i s t s , ’ s h e s a i d A n d h e r
m a n n e r s u g g e s t e d : ‘ Y o u w i l l o n l y bring in more bloody tourists.’
And then there was my B&B lady Magda in Winchester. I had settled
t h e b i l l a n d s a i d g o o d b y e , a n d h a d just packed the car and was ready to g o , w h e n s h e c a m e r u n n i n g a c r o s s the street, waving a £20 note. ‘Glad I caught you in time,’ she panted and h a n d e d m e t h e m o n e y , e x p l a i n i n g
t h a t s h e t h o u g h t I h a d p a i d t o o
m u c h . I n s t e a d o f m y m o n e y s h e stole my heart. ¶
Literary figures. Without exaggeration it can be said that virtually all
t h e b e s t o f E n g l i s h a u t h o r s l i v e d
h e r e , a t l e a s t f o r a w h i l e E v e n Dickens and Shakespeare stayed for
l o n g i s h t i m e s i n H a m p s h i r e .
S h a k e s p e a r e w i t h h i s p a t r o n i n Titchfield, while Dickens was born
i n P o r t s m o u t h a n d a l s o s t a y e d i n
B r i g h t o n T h e y m u s t h a v e c r o s s e d
t h e A 2 7 2 l o t s o f t i m e s a n d s i m p l y
d e c l i n e d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o e n r i c h the road’s history by dying here D
w i l l h a v e s e e n a l l o f E n g l a n d , a t l e a s t e v e r ything that is important about England, by the time they have reached Stockbridge Well, let’ s n o t b e g r u d g e t h e m a f e w d a y s o f L o n d o n o n their way back home
Sgoing west has often been celebrated by poets
course Allow me to give you a few examples Mary Elizabeth Coleridge spoke lovingly of a ‘ woman with the West in her eyes ’ , when describing a lady who followed her destiny We’ll have the West in our eyes Another Romantic, William Wordsworth, said: And stepping Westward seemed to be A kind of heavenly destiny
It’s England in short It captures the Englishness of English life The rest of this book may be needed to prove this to you, but we’ll have a lovely time doing it. Enjoy. Join the journey. We’ll follow the road from east to west. From its humble beginnings past the good, the bad and the ugly, the beautiful, the trivial and the glorious, to the quiet end. Past Uckfield and Cuckfield, Wineham and Twineham, p
Avington And in the distance we’ll have quick looks at places like Lewes, Brighton a n d C
Havant and Lavant, Walderton, Walberton and Warbleton. We’ll be in East Sussex, West Sussex and Hampshire. In towns, suburbs, villages and hamlets. And mainly on the road, travelling. Doing the A272, doing England.
What (not) to expect
There are seven chapters for seven stages in the route. Each chapter is subdivided into two main parts On the one hand the A272 road and everything immediately alongside, let’s say within ambling distance, and on the other hand anything else interesting in the surroundings, with very few exceptions up to 6 or 7 miles (10 kilometres, 10 minutes by car) from the A272 The emphasis will be on what can be experienced, things that are open to the public. Sometimes I’ll give details about history or atmosphere. When I mention a poet in association with a village, it generally implies that the village was a source of inspiration (It’s amazing by the way how many famous people have chosen Sussex or Hampshire to die in. Especially literary figures.)
Somainly the book will be about things you can see for yourself For full historical details on the landscape, on places, people and their stories, on facilities for
A b b r e v i a t i o n s . D o n ’ t y o u w i s h there were a simple two-letter code
f o r a l l t h e c o u n t i e s a s t h e y w e r e
b e f o r e ‘ c o n s e r v a t i v e ’ g o v e r n m e n t s messed them up? I’ve got one Is this proof that I’m a foreigner?
names like Brittas and Bucket, not to mention the occasional B’stard Some people should simply be ashamed of themselves But I mustn’t exaggerate or even grumble. On the whole I have been generously helped with my enquiries
People along the road, usually inhabitants of the area and sometimes in an official capacit y ( s u c h a s g u a r d i a n s , c a r e t a k e r s , g u i d e s a n d tourist information officers) have made me feel
welcome. Telephones have been answered, letters written, photocopies made I am very grateful to you all I apologise if I have made a nuis a n c e o f m y s e l f , t r y i n g t o g e t i n f o r m a t i o n . I would hate the idea of having contributed to the feelings of xenophobia that the English sometimes associate with themselves. Wrongly.
Just as it may be useful to remind you British people that you have beautiful roads, it may
Who would want to argue with that? But f o r t h o s e w h o a r e s t i l l s c e p t i c a l I c a n
quote some people who actually lived near the road and of course know best. Rudyard Kipling lived quite near the beginning of the A272 and h e w a s o b v i o u s l y o n t h e r i g h t t
k w h e n h e wrote about Sussex: The Weald is good, the Downs are best, I’ll give you the run of ’ em, East to West
But the poet Edward Thomas, who lived at S t e e p , e x p r e s s e s i t m o s t b e a u t i f u l l y i n h i s book called The South Country I quote: ‘Even in the bosom of the South Country, when the tranquil bells are calling over the corn at twilight, the westward-going hills, where the sun has fallen, draw the heart away and fill us with
way ’ What a clincher
the disabled and on thousands of varying opening times and admission prices for tourist attractions you are referred to other sources of information. I recommend tourist offices (usually called TIC’s nowadays), when they are open. The ones that are part of libraries may not be all that well equipped, but the assistants are usually helpful and generous with their time.
This is all a selection. It couldn’t but be. It’s my choice of the wealth of England, based on our experience and on our love for the country I am looking forward to your comments. If you think I deserve a slap on the wrist or if you know a folly I don’t know or whatever: please write.
Practicalities
Finally, let’s agree on a few arrangements ES means East Sussex, WS = West Sussex, HA = Hampshire. These are practical abbreviations that I would like to see more often (instead of some irregular derivations from Latin names), to be used after place-names wherever it might be enlightening And 16thC means: sixteenth century (or sometimes sixteenth-century).
Brackets [ ] are used to give an indication of the correct pronunciation of placenames, with the vowel in the stressed syllable in bold print I have based the system on how (let’s be politically correct here) an English speaking person would properly pronounce vowels and consonants, and it is supposed to be foolproof. I’ll use it whenever I suspect that someone, anyone, might be uncertain See also p 21 Bold Print (no note this) is used for landscape features, towns, villages, estates that are open to the public etc. that are discussed in the normal running text. It is also used for names and terms that might be unfamiliar and are discussed in the margins (perhaps I should say: the cyclepaths of the pages): the notes.
and often describe them It’s about a
about the land and the people And o
literary links, for art and for Dutch connections here and there But the purpose of a book like this would be d
details extraneous to the description of the road and its surroundings In other words, I’ll tell you where you can enjoy a ride on a steam train, but I won’t give you a timetable.
¶Tourist offices. There is an excellent n e t w o r k o f T o u r i s t I n f o r m a t i o n
C e n t r e s i n t h e s o u t h - e a s t F o r t h e eastern part of our road the best TIC i s i n L e w e s H a y w a r d s H e a t h a n d B i l l i n g s h u r s t h a v e t o u r i s t i n f o r m ation in the libraries Both Petworth a n d M i d h u r s t h a v e t h e i r o w n t o u r i s t o f f i c e s , w h i l e C h i c h e s t e r has the main TIC for West Sussex P e t e r s f i e l d h a s i t s o w n , a s d o e s
W i n c h e s t e r o f c o u r s e f o r t h e c i t y a n d t h e c o u n t y o f H a m p s h i
m
k e u s e o
m f o r h e l p w i t h accommodation or detailed information on places to visit locally.
be useful to tell you that you are very friendly to foreigners People have been extremely kind A f e w m u s t b e m e n t i o n e d b y n a m e A l e x a n d e r Fyjis-Walker for believing in the project. Ron Martin and John Stringer Philippa Stevens, in whom I honour all librarians Arno Cools and Rob Remmen. Wim Boerdijk. Also David Arscott and Warden Swinfen, not only for helping me by writing trustworthy and enjoyable books about
Sussex, but for being kind and generous with advice as well And a special word of thanks to the Plumridges: Sally, Norman, Matthew and (as always) Andrew, for putting us up and putting up with us But, last and first, and always in between, I am most grateful to my wife Rita For her care for the illustrations and the decrassification of the text of this book, for her companionship and for sharing her love of life
Notes. There are two types of notes i n t h e b o o k M o s
y specific and refer to terms or names that occur on that particular opening only Other notes are more general a n d e x
prevent the first few chapters from getting clogged up with these more general notes they have been spread equally through the book If a topic is explored in a note somewhere in t
index
R i d g e w a y s . A n u m b e r o f t h e m ,
t h o u s a n d s o f y e a r s o l d , h a v e l a s t
century been opened again as long-
d i s t a n c e f o o t p a t h s M o s t o f t h e m ,
l i k e t h e I c k n i e l d W a y a n d F o s s e
W a y , r a d i a t e d f r o m t h e a r e a o f Salisbury Plain, where we find our
o l d e s t m o n u m e n t s S u s s e x a n d Hampshire, for lots of reasons like
d e n s e r p o p u l a t i o n , b e t t e r c l i m a t e ,
f e r t i l e l a n d a n d n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s ,
w e r e b e t t e r p r o v i d e d w i t h g o o d
t r a c k w a y s t h a n m o s t r e g i o n s : t h e
N o r t h D o w n s R i d g e w a y , f r o m
C a n t e r b u r y , a n d t h e S o u t h D o w n s Ridgeway, from Beachy Head, both
l e a d i n g t o W i n c h e s t e r a n d t h e n
S t o n e h e n g e , t o w a r d s w h a t w e m a y call the Heart of Ancient England.
me In fact one of the reasons for writing this book was that the A272 looked so remark-
Billingshurst 1994 in the local library, I’ m lost t
roads on them Not only because there were so
roads, they just showed the lie of the land and
throughout the entire Roman Empire, with the
INTRODUCTION
Roads
C a r e T h e g e n e r a l d i s r e s p e c t f o r roads is well illustrated by the story told in Medieval Panorama (G G C o u l t o n , 1 9 4 3 ) , i n w h i c h a m i l l e r told his servants to get a certain type of clay for him, and they dug a pit where the road also happened to be The pit (eight foot deep) filled with water during the rest of the day and a glover on his way home from the market later fell into it and drowned
T h i s w a s n e a r A y l e s b u r y i n 1 4 9 9 , w h e r e t h e r o a d s w e r e c o n s i d e r e d good compared to Sussex!
There have always been connections from one settlement to the next, even before the dawn of civilization. Ancient trackways began when people started to travel longer distances regularly The safest and most reliable routes were along the watersheds. High ground was more open with fewer obstacles in the shape of trees, bushes, animals or water, and was better for use in all seasons. And staying just below the horizon you were less visible and less vulnerable on these ridgeways. England was gradually occupied by tribes coming over from the continent, like the Angles and the Saxons. The process of infiltration always followed much t h
Canterbury. The Romans before them had needed north-south connections, towards places like London, Silchester and Cirencester. They liked their roads straight and they liked them paved, if only for military purposes The A272, going east-west in the heart of Sussex and Hampshire is intersected by a number of Roman roads, a good example being the A29 at Billingshurst, called Stane Street (stone street).
Inthe centuries following the Roman occupation a finer network of roads developed, consistent with the importance of fairs and markets, trade and industry. In most counties this process was linked with through traffic. But in Sussex not so m
Downs made travel difficult. The faster routes avoided the heart of Sussex, except for a few between London and the coast. S
always been country lanes.
Road numbers
Why is the A272 called the A272? The A and B road system was developed from a classification used by the War Office during the First World War The Ministry of Transport completed the classification and numbering of roads in 1922. We also have C roads. M numbers for motorways date from the early 1960’ s
Roman Road, end of A272
cartographers apparently lost interest in roads. Not until the end of the 16thC did they appear on maps at all And even then maps were rarely so detailed that they would be of much use for travellers A 1611 map of England mentions no H a y w a r d s H e a t h , n o B i l l i n g s h u r s t a n d n o Petworth. ‘Midherst’ is there, Petersfield isn’t, W i n c h
All s o r t s o f p e o p l e h a v e m a d
u s e o f roads for all sorts of reasons, but generally speaking people didn’t travel in the o l d d a y s . T h e r e w a s e v e n a t i m e i n t h e middle ages when labourers and peasants simply were not allowed to travel, in order to prevent them from working elsewhere for higher wages. And there are some other medieval peculiarities. For one thing the local authorities were gradually made completely responsible for roads and bridges, for construction, maintenance as well as protection The Statute of Winchester of 1285 decreed that roads between market towns should be cleared of obstructions for up to two hundred feet on either side, so that nobody could hide and do mischief
Anotherdevelopment was that of Pilgrim Ways. Winchester, where St Swithun was buried in 861 (but re-interred in the enlarged Old Minster in 971), became a popular destination for pilgrims After Thomas à Becket had been murdered in the cathedral of Canterbury in 1170, his grave became an even better known shrine. The old Pilgrims’ Way to Canterbury was immortalised by Geoffrey Chaucer towards the end of the 14thC Other roads in Britain developed because of trade and industry, like the Saltways packhorse route in Sussex serving the hundreds of salt works there. Drove roads came into being for cattle driven from Wales to London a n d S o u t h a m p t o
Billingshurst the drove road ran parallel to Stane Street.
Even after the middle ages travel remained hard work. It was travail. Road quality undulated just as much as the roads themselves. People didn’t care. Serious o v e r a l
C e n t r e s I n t h e m i d d l e a g e s t r a v e l b y s e a w a s f a r f r o m s e c u r e T h e southern counties had many landing places for all those who crossed the C h a n n e l M o s t p e o p l e s t a r t e d o u t f r o m t w o m a i n c e n t r e s i n F r a n c e C a l a i s o f f e r e d t h e s h o r t e r r o u t e t o landing places in the Dover area, but t h e c r o s s i n
f r o m C h e r b o u r g t o Southampton, though longer, tended t o h a v e m u c h c a l m e r w a t e r s I n each case it was convenient to have an inland town on a river at a day’s march from the various ports, where new arrivals could converge At the s a m e t i m e t h e y w o u l d b e g o o d assembly places for people travelling t h e
Canterbury and Winchester respectively Small wonder that these two later came to be the capitals of secular and religious government
b o u n d e d
r a d i a t e c l o c k w i s e f r o m L o n d o n L o n d o n t o Edinburgh is A1 London to Dover is A2 All the roads between A1 and A2 are in zone 1 and their numbers begin with 1 After the A2 numbers in zone 2 comes the A3 to Portsmouth, A4 to Bristol, the A5 London to Holyhead and A6
L o n d o n t o C a r l i s l e E d i n b u r g h a n d B e l f a s t have similar systems In the road hierarchy two
digits are more important than three digits and where they overlap the lesser road gives way B u s y r o u t e s c a n r e t a i n t h e i r n u m b e r s a c r o s s z o n
y overlap without problems. The A272 is not automatically in between the A271 and the A273 I t j u s t d o e s n ’ t a l w a y s w o r k t h a t w a y , s i n c e
Hilaire Belloc, who lived along the A272 He called it the Old Road and it went from Winchester north-east towards Farnham and then roughly f
D
s Ridgeway before bending south-east towards Canterbury
Hilaire Belloc memorial, West Grinstead
S t o p p e d . I n a l i t e r a l s e n s e c o a c h e s
w e r e o f t e n s t o p p e d b y r o b b e r s , some of whom became famous and
e v e n p o p u l a r . L a d i e s ’ m a n C l a u d e du Val in the 17thC for instance, and
D i c k T u r p i n , J a c k R a n n a n d
G e n t l e m a n H i g h w a y m a n C a p t a i n Maclean in the 18th. Glorification in books and films makes all this seem romantic, but at the time travel was still considered a necessary evil.
¶T e c h n i q u e s . T h o m a s T e l f o r d , backed by the Postmaster General, strengthened the foundation of the
r o a d s b y p l a c i n g t w o l a y e r s o f stones under the gravel surface This was the safe, elaborate and expensive
m e t h o d J o h n L o u d o n M a c A d a m , s u p p o r t e d b y t h e O f f i c e o f W o r k s which wanted things done cheaper, w o r k e d w i t h f i r m , d r y b e d s a n d m a n a g e d t o s t r e n g t h e n t h e s u r f a c e layers of the road by making them
m o r e c o m p a c t B o t h w e r e s u c c e s sful, but which was the better method in the end is perhaps best shown by the fact that (tar)macadam is still a generic name (also in Dutch)
roads. John Norden’ s An Intended Guide for E n g l i s h T r a v e l l e r s o f 1 6 2
Ogilvy’ s Britannia appeared. Ogilvy had pers o n a
cord that was ten miles long, and for the first
A272 as we know it now was not important on
M e
through the 16thC an Act of Parliament ordered virtually every man to work on
year. This act officially remained in force for almost 300 years. No standards were specified however, and the local authorities often failed in their responsibilities. Sussex roads especially continued to be appalling. In between the North Downs and the South Downs most of the country was dense forest and elsewhere the soil of sticky, heavy clay made journeys difficult. It was accepted that for most of the year the roads were practically impassable We’ll see one famous account later on Inns on the other hand greatly improved. The foundations were laid for the system of countless good hotels and pubs we still see today. We will see some excellent ones right along our road
Afpleased to say. They made travelling more comfortable. Almost immediately a Bill was proposed to ban them on the grounds that they would make men lazy and effeminate. How very English. But the progress of coaches couldn’t be stopped. Figuratively speaking.
Thenin the last few decades before 1700 the single most distinctive period in the history of roads started, introduced by a novel idea: that highways got paid for by road users instead of local parishioners. A truly revolutionary concept. The tollpaying roads were called turnpikes and were managed by turnpike trusts Highly
realise that it was given by a civil servant poring over maps in 1922. Nowadays a new bit of road will just get the next available number for a road of equivalent importance in that zone
Rdesignated trunk roads in England are national a
area these are the M23, A3, M3 and A34. All o
Authorities, i e Borough Councils in big cities a n d C o u n t y C o u n
l s e v e r
T h e y rely on the central government for most of their funds Very few roads are privately owned
Shipley, toll house detour
maps, if only because most traffic in the south of England was directed north-south A 1724 map
o f S u s s e x b y R i c h a r d B u d g e n s h o w s t h e f o r erunner of the A272 east of Maresfield and then
t h e r e i s a g a p u n t i l
o m Billingshurst onwards Even on the 1795 map of
S u s s e x b y W i l l i a m G
G r e a m t h e B i l l i n g s h
P
M
r s tPetersfield road is a very minor one Not until
Greenwood of 1825 do we see most bits of the
traffic to make them important enough to mention Not until the Ordnance Survey series, the best of general maps, do we get the route of the
accepted as inevitable See the picture for an example of dodging the tolls on the A272: this road at Shipley WS went straight on, originally. The toll-house-dodging detour later became the official route.
Th e s y s t e m s p r e a d l i k e w
with accompanying growth in manufactures and trade. Still, most people didn’t travel. The tolls for the ninety miles of the A272 (if it had been there and turnpiked) would have cost as much as a labourer earned in a year Travel was for the rich
Road
quality gradually increased and journey time decreased during the course of the 17thC. But Sussex lagged behind other counties, to general complaint. Halfway through the 18thC Horace Walpole warned George Montagu in a letter: ‘If you love good roads, good inns, plenty of postillions and horses, be so kind as never to go into Sussex ’ k
Themain boost for road conditions came when two Scots developed new methods of roadmaking and repair around the year 1800: Telford and MacAdam. New roads were built with new and different techniques. Between them these two contemporaries reconstructed virtually all the existing roads of England. The early 19thC became the Golden Age of travel. Speed picked up, coaches became more comfortable and inns better equipped People enjoyed themselves Only exceptiona l i n d
scorned the turnpike roads. William Cobbett was one of those who preferred the smaller lanes, where adventure waited and new discoveries could be made ‘Those t h
bloody-mindedness. Still, the turnpike era was a highly successful and exciting period For lots of people it couldn’t last long enough But it was superseded by the age of steam, which had its own charm, and the development of railways.
Measuring road deflection (the road
e
u s e d t o b e d o n e b y t h e s o - c a l l e d
Deflection Design Method, in which
a r e f e r e n c e b e a m a n d a d i a l g a u g e
w e r e p o s i t i o n e d b e t w e e n t h e t w o
wheels of the rear axle of a moving lorry with a known load The deflection beam principle is still followed, b u t i s n o w a n a u t o m a t e d a n d s e l f -
c o n t a i n e d s y s t e
c h e c k i s d o n e u s i n g a s o - c a l l e d
SCRIM (Sideways-force Coefficient
R o u t i n e I n v e s t i g a t i o n M a c h i n e ) .
Y o u s o m e t i m e s s e e t h e s
moving slowly and not getting out of your way, so let me also tell you what this SCRIM does: it measures
machine at an angle of 20 degrees to the direction of travel, is applied to t h e r o a
load. A controlled jet of water wets the surface immediately in front of
slides in the forward direction. The resistance force is measured.
Let’ s get physical
The A272 is for most of the way constructed on a sturdy limestone base, with dense bituminous macadam surfacing. Periodical assessments by measuring include the foundation (for subsidence of the carriageway) and the surface (for skidding resistance).
The foundation of a road is always slightly convex to help prevent water penetration
for checking if the wheels of your car are well aligned The surface layers are supposed to be impermeable to protect the foundation and they
course is designed to last 15 years, but the expo-
Maresfield milestone
C h a r m . T o g i v e j u s t o n e e x a m p l e : the view of Cuckfield from the bypass may be nice, but the village itself is infinitely more attractive In this book I shall discuss places like Maresfield and Cuckfield as if they are in fact on the A272, where in my
m i n d t h e y b e l o n g . S i m i l a r l y , o t h e r
p l a c e s w i l l a l w a y s b e o n t h e A 2 7 2 for me, even if they are going to be bypassed in the future. Wisborough Green and Rogate for instance: their l o s s t o t h e A 2 7 2 w o u l d b e e q u a l l y heartbreaking.
¶Eastern end. Before 1967 our road took a more southerly course Here
i s t h e s t o r y f o r a n y o n e w h o m i g h t share my delight in the details The
A 2 6 5 w e n t w e s t w a r d s t h r o u g h
H e a t h f i e l d a n d C r o s s i n H a n d t o
B l a c k b o y s A n d t h a t ’ s w h e r e t h e
A272 started It followed the course
o f w h a t i s n o w t h e B 2 1 0 2 t h r o u g h
F r a m f i e l d a n d U c k f i e l d a n d t h e n
t h a t o f t h e C 1 0 t o w a r d s P i l t d o w n ,
b e t w e e n N e w i c k a n d M a r e s f i e l d
U c k f i e l d w a s h e l l f o r m o t o r i s t s
Even now, when both the A272 and t h e A 2 2 g o r i g h t r o u n d i t ,
A 2 7 2 c o m p l e t e . F o u r o f t h e m o d e r n O . S .
Landranger maps, nos 199, 198, 197 and 185, cover the whole of the A272 Almost indispensable, if you want to take Cobbett’ s advice and take the byroads too
Pilgrims’ Way?
Ever since I started my investigations on the A272 I have tried to find proof that it was
Trdistance travel and transport halfway t h
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phase in road history beyond some milestones and a few tollhouses here and there, though most of these have fallen victim to subsequent road-widening schemes The age of the train changed the face of Britain once more. New towns arose, like Haywards Heath, which had hardly been on the map before. Roads were less necessary and fell into disrepair again. This continued right into our century until the rapidly increasing popularity of the motorcar made man more mobile. The car brought us a new age of travel, transport and tourism, and provided the basis for the fine network of highways and byways that we enjoy today
The A272
Anc o u r s
question is: was it, is it and will it be on t
simple answer to all three parts of the question is no.
want to look and what you want to
Road works
rolled asphalt with applied granite chippings do t h e t
e o l dfashioned and romantic great steam rollers any more, at least not in use. The procedure is as follows usually: hot tar is sprayed onto the surface of the road and loose chippings are rolled i
together, so you could say that you personally still
Cuckfield, from bypass
used in the middle ages as a direct connection
b e t w e e n W i n c h e s t e r a n d C a n t e r b u r y , o r i n
o t h e r w o r d s b e t w e e n t h e s e c u l a r c a p i t a l o f England and the spiritual capital of England. I knew about the Pilgrims’ Way between the two cities that roughly followed the ancient ridgeway along the North Downs. That must have
b e e n t h e b e s t a n d p r o b a b l y s a f
s t r o u t e B u t going along the A272 as we know it now would
have been shorter, and the A272 (avant la lettre) might have been used as a secondary route
l o w l a n d route. It is very hard to say if it was there at all.
some way to get from the one place to the other, but a through route requires a standard of reliability, speed and comfort
see. By and large the A272 still runs where it was when it was given its name in the 1920’s. It doesn’t matter much when I say that the bridge between Petworth and Midhurst is relatively new, and that the old road used to run to the north of where the new road is now, south of the Halfway Bridge pub. There have been other minor changes and improvements.
More radical are the bypasses. Not so much because the road slightly changes its course on the map, but rather because the road also changes its function. Local roads may become through roads and roads through villages may become streets again. Roads were made to go from one place to the other as quickly and comfortably as possible. But in the interest of speed towns and villages are often bypassed nowadays It is ironic that roads go past the places they were created to go through. And what is gained in speed is lost in charm.
Th e g r e a t e s t c h a n g e i n t h e r o u t e
modern maps is at the eastern end of the road and it took place in the 1960’s A further major change in 1996 involved the end of the A272. It used to run right through Winchester and then on towards Stockbridge. But nowadays the A272 half curves around Winchester and then stops Questions about this messy alteration, like where, when, who, why and what exactly, are dealt with at the beginning of Chapter 7.
Th
e A 2 7 2 i s b u s y C o m m u t e r s t o L o n d o n c a u s e s l i
h h o u r s . I t ’ s t o o b u s y , a l m o s t e v e r yone agrees. New road signing will soon b e d i r e c t i n g m o s t o f t h e h e a v y e a s tw e s t t h r o u g h t r a f f i c t o w a r d s t h e M 2 5 and the M27, but by then lighter traffic
U
jammed Something had to be done
The solution was a wise one As an east-west connecting road the old course of the A272 might have been m o r e l o g i c
with its start at right angles with the A
the loss of Blackboys and Framfield
The problem was really that in 1920 the civil servants in London made a
t h o u g h i
every year on roads, as you would have had to in previous centuries From April to September the roads are soft enough to allow the chippings t o b e d d o w n s a f e l y T h a t ’ s w h y m o s t d e
a y s caused by road works are in summer
What other action is taken to keep roads in good shape? Assessment for maintenance involves studying traffic and accident records,
followed the more northerly course of the turnpike road of 1771, which r
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a l o n g t h e r i d g e , t h r o u g h H a d l o w
D o w n , t
north), Newick, Chailey and then to B
parish of Lindfield, between Scaynes H
would have been better, historically
almost fifty years before the mistake
conspicuous beginning to the A272.
The charm of a country road
Passage. ‘The A272 has traditionally formed a route between Winchester
a n d C a n t e r b u r y a n d s o m e c u r r e n t
road signing in East Sussex reflects this role. Although parts of the route
t h r o u g h H a m p s h i r e , W e s t S u s s e x
a n d E a s t S u s s e x c a n n o t b e c o n s i d -
e r e d t o b e o f a m o d e r n s t a n d a r d , around 50 miles between Petersfield
a n d B a t t ’ s F a r m r o u n d a b o u t a t
M a r e s f i e l d a r e p a r t o f t h e
Department of Transport’s Primary
R o u t e N e t w o r k . V i a t h e A 2 6 5 t h e
r o u t e c o n n e c t s w i t h t h e A 2 2 9
P r i m a r y R o u t e l e a d i n g t o t h e M 2
n e a r t h e M e d w a y T o w n s , a n d s t i l l
f o r m s o n e o f t h e o n l y w e s t - e a s t routes south of the M25.’
I’m not sure this is entirely cor-
r e c t I w o u l d h a v e t h o u g h t t h a t ,
c o m i n g f r o m W i n c h e s t e r , a f t e r t h e
A265 it would make more sense to continue north-east towards the A28 and Ashford, where one would have
a c h o i c e o f c o n t i n u i n g n o r t h - e a s t towards Canterbury or east towards
F o l k s t o n e a n d D o v e r A n d e v e n a t an earlier stage one had a choice to
t u r n s o u t h - e a s t i n t h e d i r e c t i o n o f
t h e s e a , i n o r d e r t o c o n t i n u e t h e
j o u r n e y o v e r t h e w a t e r F r o m
Uckfield you can go to Eastbourne a n d f r o m H e a t h f i e l d t o H a s t i n g s .
However, that is not the main point
o f t h e a r g u m e n t W h a t t h e y a r e saying is that there are very few eastw e s t r o u t e s s o u t h o f L o n d o n , a n d
t h a t t h e A 2 7 2 u s e d t o c o n n e c t
W i n c h e s t e r w i t h C a n t e r b u r y . A n d
w h a t c o u l d e a s i l y b e a d d e d i s t h a t
t h e A 2 7 2 w a s a l s o u s e d t o c o n n e c t
W i n c h e s t e r w i t h D o v e r M o d e r n
maps don’t show the advantages of the route any more Especially at its eastern end the road can’t be said to
r u n s t r a i g h t . N e a r e r W i n c h e s t e r
t h i n g s a r e s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d i n d e e d .
P e t e r s f i e l d , f o u n d e d a t e x i s t i n g
c r o s s r o a d s w h e r e t h e N o r t h a n d South Downs almost come together,
h a s a l w a y s b e e n c o n n e c t e d t o W i n c h e s t e r i n t h e w e s t b y a m a i n through route.
Iwas greatly encouraged when I read a 1995 report by the East Sussex County Engineer o n t h e
roborate the idea of a Pilgrims’ Road The importance of the passage lies in the observation that a lowland route ran from Petersfield due east through the heart of Sussex Not along the North or South Downs, but in between.
From early medieval times onwards woods in the Wealden area were gradually cleared and roads became easier to develop. There is no doubt that cathedrals and monasteries greatly influenced road making Some roads were even
but that function would leave no trace. There
thousands of cars are on this road every day. To give an example: west of Pound Green, Buxted, a 1993 count showed a daily average of 10,600 cars, while east of Pound Green, Buxted, 6,600 cars were counted (these 4,000 lost cars do not vanish into thin air, but move onto roads north and south).
Whatabout the future of the A272? Minor things can always happen to it of course In the spring of 1996 it was decided to paint some small areas of the road surface red or sometimes yellow, in a bid to calm down traffic. It does the job and makes life more colourful. So why not? Even the bigger red-areas-with-stripesin-between on entering and leaving a village are fine with me. Where I draw the line and what I consequently object to is the bright yellow background as part of roadsigns that began to appear in 1997 It looks vulgarly loud to me and violates the view of the countryside. What is one to do? Do we sigh and say: ‘ sense usually beats sensibility in these cases ’ , or do we organise a protest campaign?
Otherwise no great changes are planned either in East Sussex at the eastern end of the road, or in Hampshire at the western end (where the recent changes are supposed to last at least fifty years). But West Sussex often has interesting things to say in its County Surveyor’s reports.
alike Petworth has been a bottleneck for
based on recommendations contained in an independent consultant’s report, the
standing natural beauty around here, Shimmings Valley, may not be safe either It is part of a continuing story, I’m afraid, now carried into the realm of the absurd. Developments elsewhere are less dramatic, fortunately. That does not mean that they are not controversial They always are The problem is that it is very easy for everybody to have an opinion on these matters. Even foreigners do, sometimes!
Sothe local people who say that the A272 will always have only two lanes and will always be slow are most probably right It is supposed to be a quiet country road. For motorists who want to use it in order to be somewhere else it will continue to be exasperatingly rural. Cyclists will usually find it busy at all times of the day For car drivers on holiday it is ideal And, may I say, much much better than the 272 in the Netherlands; or anywhere else!
TheA272 has never acquired fame. Apart from a brief mention in a TV commercial in 1999, the only cultural reference I have found was fully thirty years earlier, in 1969, when Monty Python had a sketch in which Pablo Picasso was introduced on a bicycle and the excited comment was: ‘It’s the first time that a modern artist of such stature has taken the A272!’ Well, what will they say when they see you there?
early 1998 and what it entails is disc
posed improvement in the period to 2
minor I would love to see the plans for the mooted Wisborough Green bypass, for I fail to see how that can be done within reasonable cost and w
relief road for Haywards Heath The plans for these improvements were d
Authority and were submitted to the D
for 1995/96, and state among other t h
part of the primary route network, b
Transport has agreed that it will be de-primed when the A272 has been i
millennium The County’s consultation leaflet Review of Strategic Road Network of May 1995 corroborated t h i s v i e w f o r t h e A 2 7 2 w e s t o f t h e A24. But you know even better than I do how slow and uncertain these p r o c e s s e s o f t e n a r e ’ T w a s i n t h e s p r i n g o f 1 9 9 8 t h a t t h e C o u n t y
Surveyor’s office reported to me that ‘the Government is awaiting the res u l t s o f t h e r e c e n t c o n s u l t a t i o n o n
site inspection and testing. Other activities are sweeping and drain clearing Grass and hedges must be cut and defective bits patched There is ma in ten a n c e o f b r id g es, fo o twa y s, wh ite lin es and cats’ eyes (doesn’t the man who invented
c a t s ’ e y e s d e s e r v e a s t a t u e ? ) T h e r e a r e e m e r -
g e n c y c a l l - o u t s a n d t h e r e i s w i n t e r s a l t i n g . Roads require a lot of work that we normally prefer not to think about The A272 is a fairly
What Trunk Roads in England before making a decision on the role of t h i s s e c t i o n o f t h e A 2 7 2 ’ T h e County Council are still hoping to g e t t h i s s e c t i o n ‘ r e m o v e d f r o m t h e Primary Route network and then effect signing changes so that it is used m
c o n t r a d i c t o r y Y o u i m p r o v
roads and then you hope that fewer p
we have to learn to live with the fact that traffic will continue to increase, whatever the authorities do.
Shimmings Valley, scene of bypass?
Newick signpost
E v i d e n c e . W h a t s o r t o f p r o o f i s there that the A272 was a secondary
P i l g r i m s ’ W a y ? S c a n t , r e a l l y , t o b e perfectly honest. I’ll tell you what I have so far. (1) In the middle ages a popular name for inns along pilgrim ways was The Angel Both Midhurst
a n d P e t w o r t h h a v e A n g e l h o t e l s
T h e y a r e n o t m e d i e v a l h o t e l s , b u t it’s impossible to say how old their names are. Traditions die hard. The names may have survived even if the b u i l d i n g s h a v e n ’ t . A n d h a v i n g t w o cases seems more than coincidental
Let’s say that it’s something
A n d h e r e i s s o m e t h i n g e l s e : ( 2 )
Wisborough Green has a mural dating from c.1275 with a portrait of St
J a m e s o f C o m p o s t e l a . H e w a s t h e
p a t r o n s a i n t o f p i l g r i m s a n d t h e journey to Santiago da Compostela’s
g r a v e i n n o r t h - w e s t S p a i n h a s f o r
c e n t u r i e s b e e n t h e m o s t a p p e a l i n g
p i l g r i m a g e o f E u r o p e I t s t i l l i s r e -
m a r k a b l y p o p u l a r . S t J a m e s ’ s a ppearance in Wisborough Green can hardly be a coincidence either, since it was usual for enthusiasts to combine pilgrimages And then (3), readi n g J L i n d s e y ’ s h i s t o r y o f N e w i c k
i n E a s t S u s s e x , I c a m e a c r o s s t h e sentence: ‘The building we know as The Bull was built in 1510 and used
a s a r e s t i n g p l a c e f o r p i l g r i m s o n their way between the shrines of St
T h o m a s o f C a n t e r b u r y a n d S t
S w i t h u n o f W i n c h e s t e r ’ T h e s i g np o s t i n N e w i c k d e m o n s t r a t e s t h e traditional idea of a well-used con-
n e c t i o n b e t w e e n W i n c h e s t e r a n d
C a n t e r b u r y A n d ( 4 ) t h e o f f i c i a l guide to Uckfield says that the town
w a s a c e n t r e o f s e v e r a l r o u t e s , a n d t h e n m e n t i o n s ‘ o n e v a r i a n t o f t h e Pilgrims’ Way between Canterbury and Winchester’. Plus there are one o r t w o m o r e d u b i o u s c a s e s t h a t I
w i l l c o m e b a c k t o S u m m i n g u p , I can boast the views of a few fellow researchers, a mural and maybe two n a m e s I t ’ s n o t m u c h , b u t e x t r a v a -
g a n t l y , n o t t o s a y e x o r b i t a n t l y , better than nothing.
must have been more traffic between the two most important cities of England In the course of the book I will get back a few times to this notion of a secondary Pilgrims’ Road, and prod u c e m o r e e v i d e n c e t h a n I h a v e u p t o n o w , even if it is a trifle flimsy I still like the idea and it is difficult to give up on it. I hope to get more proof from readers’ comments Do write c/o the publisher if you have N E W S
Le’ , ‘lovely lovely lane’, ‘the most hist
s t bloody road in the south’, ‘the bendy road’, or just ‘ my road’, as I have heard it described. Let’s do England in short. E n g l a n d ’ s E p i t o m e , t h e A
Longest Lane in the Land.
Ic h o f a teacher not to supply the following hints: respect the signs saying ‘private’, keep to the Country Code, and enjoy yourselves!
This weathervane used to grace a roof in Lodsworth WS
I would appreciate N E W S from all quarters
normal three-digit A road and costs each of the County Councils roughly £6000 per mile every year, all in
The standard width for a road of this type is 7 3 metres The A272 varies a lot in this res p e c t , b u t t h
stretches. According to the County Surveyors’ figures the narrowest stretch is in Buxted, bet
I mention this because it may have something to do with another thing we usually prefer not t
A272 is again fairly normal, in spite of the fact t h a
Counting fatal, serious and slight mishaps together we have almost 200 accidents every year on its 90 miles Fairly normal this may be, but too much it certainly is ]
Wisborough Green mural
T h e r e a r e s o m e eight or nine differ-
e n t w a y s o f p r onouncing the notorious combination -ough.
B o u g h , c o u g h , h i c c o u g h ( h i c c u p ) , l o u g h (with a k sound at the end or the Scots’ ch),
r o u g h , t h o u g h , t h r o u g h a n d t h o r o u g h .
S p e l l i n g i s o f t e n a p o o r i n d i c a t i o n o f t h e
pronunciation The reverse
i s a l s o t r u e . T h e v o w e l sound in ‘they’ is the same as the one in break, reign,
w e i g h , v e i n , v a i n , p r a y ,
g a u g e e t c . A n d I c a n ’ t begin to give a list of possible spellings for the schwa,
t h e n o n - c o m m i t t a l u h
s o u n d i n t h e f i r s t s y l l a b l e of afield and the last sylla-
b l e s o f W i n c h e s t e r a n d
b o r o u g h A n d w h a t a b o u t t h e l o n g e r a n d shorter vowel sounds of bad and bat?
P u t t i n g t h i n g s t o g e t h e r l i k e t h i s w e s e e chaos, and that might reflect on placenames in this book. An unpleasant prospect. My solution is to use spelling in between brack-
e t s t h a t E n g l i s h s p e a k i n g p e r s o n s w o u l d generally agree on. For example: double ee is normally pronounced as in tree, even if one can think of exceptions (breeches). If I
t h o u g h t y o u c o u l d h a v e a p r o b l e m w i t h
D e a n , I w o u l d i n d i c a t e [ d e e n ] . G r e a t h a m
b e c o m e s [ g r e t t u m ] W i t h a n a m e l i k e
B u r p h a m o n e i s a t l e a s t t e m p t e d t o s a y
[ b u r p u m ] , b u t i t ’ s [ b u r f u m ] . I w a s n ’ t s o
sure about the schwa, by the way [burf’m] or [burf-m] may look more elegant or appropriate, but then I have a problem at the end of a word [burfum] is clearer.
T h i n g s a r e d i f f i c u l t
e n o u g h A f r i e n d o f m i n e
i s c a l l e d H u r s t [ h u r s t ] .
Although the r is not pro-
n o u n c e d , I c a n ’ t l e a v e i t
o u t , f o r t h e c o n s o n a n t r
i n f l u e n c e s t h e p r e c e d i n g
vowel On the other hand
I w o u l d b e t e m p t e d t o
d i s t i n g u i s h b e t w e e n
H u r s t p i e r p o i n t [ h u s t p e e r p o i n t } a n d [billingshurst]. And let us not argue about the fact that one doesn’t pronounce a double l in Billingshurst And let’s not exaggerate either. I couldn’t stand the sight of the first name [peetu]. Let’s be tolerant. This is
n o t a n a c a d e m i c e s s a y ,
b u t m e a n t a s a s i m p l e
t o o l a n d a g e s t u r e b y [peter] [bo-gart].
Lindfield
i n d e x
This index lists virtually all people, objects and villages described, however scantily, in the text Place-names outside the A272 area are seldom given. Artists on the other hand find their way into the index quite easily. Pubs and churches are hardly there at all, since they are considered part of village descriptions. When descriptions cover more than one page, the bold number in the index refers to the start of the description
For the revised edition of this book the index has been considerably enlarged. A number of entries have been subdivided so that it is easier to look for certain subjects – follies, for example, or footpaths – that may interest you.
Numbers in italic refer to illustrations Numbers in bold refer to principal entries in the text
Numbers in bold italic refer to notes [Figures in square brackets] refer to grid positions on maps
A272, at Billingshurst 228
A272, at Cheesefoot Head cover
A272, from Brockwood Park 147
A272, near Benbow Pond 259
A272, near Morn Hill, Winchester 251
A272, Poundford 198
Abbey Gardens, Winchester 168 abbey ruin, Cranbury Park 178, 180
Abbot Way 18
Abbot’ s Worthy HA [M-N2] 176 abbreviations (county) 10, 11 ABC 21
Abergavenny, Henrietta 28
Adam, Robert 189
Adams, Louise 259, cover Adur, river 54, 57, 66, 70, 194
Adversane WS 233
Æolian harp 235, 235
Agius, Anton 233
Agricultural College, Sparsholt 181 Ainsworth, Harrison 55
Akers-Douglas, Jullian 214
Aldus (Manutius) 231
Aldworth House 64, 110, 240 Alfred, King 45, 158, 159, 163, 165, 169 statue, Winchester 160, 161, 163, 164
Alfriston ES [C5] 38, 39 lock-up 38
Along the Arun (J. Adamson) 83
Along the Green Roads of Britain (J H B Peel) 259
Alresford HA [M2] 143, 157, 161, 163, 239 altar and candle-holder, by P. E. Ball 166
Alton HA [K12] 148, 161 war memorial 126, 148
Amazing Book of Mazes (A Fisher) 221
Amberley WS [H4] 70, 87 Amberley Museum 72
Ambersham WS 105 Anderson, Peter 208
Andover HA [O1] 150, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 192
Andrew, Prince 243
Angel hotels 20, 112, 234
Anglo-Saxon 72
Animal Farm (G. Orwell) 156
Ansty WS [F3] 58, 221 pub sign 59, 221 village sign 59, 221
Anton, river 183
arboreta
Cowdray House, Benbow Pond 238, 238
Sir Harold Hillier HA [O3] 182
Stansted 242
West Dean 107, 240
Ardingly WS [E23] 29, 45, 60, 93
Argos Hill ES 25
Armada 24, 28, 29, 241
Army Flying, Museum of, Middle Wallop 191
Arscott, David 9, 110, 208
art collection, Proud Duke, Petworth 94
Simon Sainsbury 242
art gallery
Bedales School 144
Billingshurst 75, 82
Edward Lawrence Studios, Midhurst 243
Flora Twort’ s, Petersfield 132 Garden Gallery, Broughton 77, 192
Hannah Peschar’ s 7
Peter’ s Barn, South Ambersham 237
Roche Court 77 Turnpike, Petersfield 133
Winchester galleries 163
Arqiva, Crawley Court 255
Arthur, King 158
Arun Navigation 82
Arun, river 66, 70, 73, 82, 83, 84, 87, 111, 122, 194, 233
Arundel WS [H5] 70, 76, 115, 162, 231, 232, 232, 233, 243
Arundel Tomb, An (P Larkin) 116, 117
Ascot BR 186
Ashdown Forest ES [D2-3] 27, 32, 33, 258
Ashford KE 18
Ashford, Daisy 47
Ashford Hangers HA 142
Ashurst WS 216
Ashley HA [O2] 184, 256
Aslet, Clive 242 attractions 11 attractions, tourist 92
Austen, Jane 128, 149, 164, 165, 253
Avebury WI 148
Avington HA [M2] 10, 169
Avington Park church 168
Ayston, Maxwell 224
Baden Powell, Lord Robert 70, 226
Badley, J H 144, 145 bailey (motte and bailey) 69, 69
Bainbridge, Beryl 166
Balcombe WS [E2] 10, 223
Balcombe railway viaduct WS 54, 55, 200
Ball, Peter Eugene 166 ballooning 92
Balls Cross WS 108
Banana Man, Liphook 246, 246
Bannerman, Julian & Isabel 231, 243
Barcombe ES [D4] 10, 35, 187, 215, 257, 257
Bargham/Barpham WS 139
Baring’ s Bank 176, 177
Baring, family 153
Barkham ES 103
Barkham Manor ES 36, 73, 103, 215
Barlavington WS 93, 236
Barnsgate Manor ES 33
Barpham/Bargham WS 139
barrows 106, 123, 126, 134, 152, 181, 184
Barry, Sir Charles 55, 90, 189
Barton, John 9
Barton Stacey HA [N1] 181 altar (detail) 182, 199 church tower 181
Basing Park HA 146
Basingstoke HA 177, 178
Bass, A. E. 107
Bassett, Richard 30
Bateman’ s ES [B3] 24, 209
bathhouse Warnford Park 97
Batt’ s Farm roundabout 18
Bayeux Tapestry 59, 116, 185
Beachy Head ES [C6] 12, 39, 153 beacon 24, 25
Beacon Hill WS 126
beacon, Heron’ s Ghyll 33 beacon, Northchapel 93, 93
Bear Museum, Petersfield 132, 133, 247, 247
Beating the Bounds 28, 40, 136
Beatrix, Queen (NL) 44
Beauworth HA 151, 152
Beck, Edith and Ellen 74 bed and breakfast 118
Bedales Hill WS 17
Bedales, school 144, 245, 248
Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve WS 46
Belgae 158, 159
Belgium 183
Bell, Steve 45, 45 Bell, Vanessa and Clive 39 bell-ringing 164
bells 61
Belloc, Hilaire 9, 13, 32, 45, 63, 66, 67, 69, 76, 96, 103, 115, 119, 127, 161, 228 memorial 13
Belvedere, Pitshill 103, 104
Benbow Pond WS 106, 238, 238
Benefit Friendly Society 48
Bentley, Nicholas 234, 234
Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum, Halland [D4] 32
Beowulf 57
Bepton WS [J4] 122
Bereleigh HA 145
Berkely, Humphry 233
Berwick ES [C5] 39
Bessborough, Earl of 242
Best Kept (contests)153, 192
Between the Downs, by Sticks 217
Bexhill ES [A5] 61 bicycle 186
Big-on-Little WS 43
Bignor WS [I4] 91, 218
Bignor Park 235, 235
Billingsgate LO 72, 73
Billingshurst WS [H3] 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 61, 63, 73, 82, 143, 194, 228, 228, 230, 231, 257 the Green 72 Ye Olde Six Bells 73
Billingshurst to Burgundy by Bike (E Enfield) 75 Birch, Roger 218
Bishop’ s Sutton HA 152, 154
Bishop’ s Waltham HA [M4] 155, 239, 251, 251
Bishopstoke HA [N4] 164
Blackboys ES [C3] 16, 17, 29
Blackdown WS [I2] 64, 105, 109, 110, 111, 113, 115, 258
Blake, William 114, 115, 176
Blaker, Henry 61
Bleau, Joan 231
Blomfield, Arthur William 146
Bloomsbury Group 38, 39, 87
Blue Idol, Coolham 71
Bluebell Railway [E3] 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 45, 215
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen 65, 74, 75, 76 Bodiam ES 43
Bogarde, Dirk 39, 162
Bogart, Humphrey 39
Bohunt Manor, Liphook 130
Bolney WS [F3] 60, 62, 124, 188, 223 lychgate 60
Bolney Court WS 59, 73
Bolney stone, Horsted Keynes 42, 43
Bolney stones 60, 61 Bonner, Richard 33 Boogaart 39
Bookers Vineyard, Bolney 223 books 9 on Hampshire 9 on roads 9 on Sussex 9, 208 on travel 9
bookshops see second-hand book shops
Borde Hill WS [E3] 54, 220
Bordean House, Langrish 73, 144
Borrer, William 223
Bosham WS [J5] 116 bosses 56 bottle wall, Offham 36
Bourdillon, Rev Francis 122 Bow Bells 32
Bowyer family 220
Bowyer, ironmaster 57
Boy Scouts 70, 226
Bramber WS [G4] 62, 115, 223
Bramdean HA [L3] 149
Bramdean House, apple house 148, 149 tetralithon 148
Bramdean Common HA 149, 250 Gypsy church 149, 250
Brangwyn, Frank 74
Braose, family 67
Braose, William de 66, 115 brasses 56
Braylsham Castle 210, 210 bricks 90, 91
Brightling ES [B3] 24, 134, 190, 208, 209
Mad Jack Fuller’ s grave 25, 190 Sugar Loaf 25, 209
Brighton ES [E5]10, 36, 47, 48, 143, 189, 194, 213, 219, 221
St Bartholomew 47, 199
Brighton Rock (G. Greene) 48
Brinsbury Agricultural College 233
Bristol AV 13
Britannia (J. Ogilvy) 14
British Mountaineering Club (BMC) 212
British Pteridological Society 212
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) 236
broach spire 74, 75
Broadbridge Heath WS 73, 228, 228
Broad Oak ES 210
Brockwood Park HA 144, 147, 148
Brooks, The, Winchester 156, 161, 168
Broughton HA [O2] 77, 189, 191, 192
dovecote 192
Garden Gallery 77, 192 thatched wall 192
Brown, Capability 36, 37, 40, 95, 96, 106, 131, 150, 155, 242
Bryson, Bill 50
Buck Barn junction WS 19
Buck, Nathaniel 157
Budd, Walter 70
Buddhist temple, Chithurst 127
Budgen, Richard 15
Budlett’ s Common ES 35
Buncton WS 10
Burgess Hill WS [E3-4] 45, 46
Burgess, Guy 148
Buriton HA [K3] 131, 134
Burke, Edmund 61
Burlington, Lord 108, 109
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward 25, 26, 48 Burnett, Mathew 116
Burpham WS 21, 70
Burrell, family 57, 68, 222
Burrell, William 67
Burton Park WS 95 church monument 94
Burwash ES [B3] 24, 209
Bury WS [H4] 73, 86, 87, 199, 233, 233, 239
Butler’ s Green 54
Butler, Reverend John 33
Butser Hill HA [K3] 142, 248
Butser Hill Farm HA [K4] 136, 142
Butt’ s Green HA 191
Buxted ES [D3] 17, 18, 20, 24, 28, 30, 31, 68, 73, 194, 198, 211, 211, 237 church war memorial 31
Cade Street ES [B3] 25 Cade, Jack 26
Cæsar, Julius 159, 251
Cambridge CA 146
Camoys, Thomas de 124, 125
Canaletto, Antonio Canal, called 111
Canterbury KE 12, 13, 17, 18, 208, 212, 216
Canterbury to Winchester see Winchester
Canute, King 158, 186
Cardiff (S Glam) 232, 233 care (of roads) 12, 13
Carfax, Horsham 68 Carlisle CU 13
Carlyle, Thomas 102
Carrington, Dora 39
Cass Sculpture Foundation 241 Castle Great Hall, Winchester 165 ‘Castle, the’ , sham ruin, Cranbury Park 178, 180
Castleden, Rodney 40
Castorius-Peutinger map 12
Caxton, William 74
Celts 8
centres (of population) 12, 13
Chailey ES [E3-4] 17, 40, 61, 195, 217, 218
Chailey Common ES 42
Chalk Stone Trail 236, 239
Chalton HA [K4] 135, 248
Red Lion pub 135
Chalvington ES 212
Chambers, Sir William 155
Chanclebury Ring (W Blunt) 66
Chanctonbury Ring WS [G4] 64
Chandler’ s Ford HA [N3-4] 161, 181
Chantrey, Sir Francis 208, 208
Chapel Cross ES [B3] 24, 25, 38
Chardin, Teilhard de 35
Charles I, King, 94, 152
Charles II, King 90, 158, 163
Charles, Prince of Wales 50, 107, 189, 230, 232, 240, 2432
Charleston Farmhouse ES [D5] 38, 39, 212
Charlton WS [J4] 97, 108 Charlton Hunt 108 charm (villages) 16, 17
Charnock, W. H. 248
Chatley Heath SR telegraph tower 259, 259
Chattri monument ES 48, 48
Chaucer, Geoffrey 13
Chawton HA [K2] 149, 164
Cheere, John 131, 131, 246, 246
Cheese, Andrew 248, 248
Cheesefoot Head HA 153, 154, 155, 177
Chepstow (Gwent) 8
Cheriton HA [M3] 151, 152, 153, 250 fields 152
Chermayeff, Serge 36
Cheshire, Leonard 145
Chesterton, G K 110, 111, 153
Chevallier, Gabriel 244
Chichester WS [J5] 10, 11, 74, 92, 110, 114, 159, 188, 194, 228, 243, 244
Racton Monument 97
Chiddingly ES [C4] 61, 127, 211, 212
Chilbolton observatory (RCRU) 254, 254
Chilbolton HA [O1] 182, 235
Chilcomb HA [M3] 155
Chilcomb Down HA 154, 177
Chilgrove WS 188, 256, 257, 257
Chilt, river 83
Chithurst WS [J3] 123, 127, 194, 243
stupa 127
Christ’ s Hospital, nr Horsham, WS [G3] 74, 168, 229, 229
chapel and mural 75
Christ’ s Hospital, Winchester 169
Christopher, St 6, 125, 244, 244 church (Winchester) 160 church marks 63
Churches Conservation Trust (C of E.) 233, 256
Churches Preservation Trust 144, 145, 160, 167
Cibber, Caius Gabriel 32
Cirencester GL 12, 194
Citadel, The (A J Cronin) 67
Clanfield HA [K-L4] 142 well and church 143
clapper bridge, Lickfold 107, 196
Clarendon Way 186, 187, 194
Claude (Lorrain) 155
Clayton WS [E4] 47, 86, 126, 201 railway tunnel 47, 194, 219 Clearing where the Cuckoo Came, The (J Forsyth) 55 Cleese, John 251
Clergy House, Alfriston 39
Clochemerle 244
clock (Clock House) 64
Clock House, Cowfold 65 clock tower, Ringmer 213, 213 Coade stone 24
Coates Castle WS 95, 236 Cobb, Ruth 259
Cobbett, William 9, 15, 16, 27, 31, 42, 43, 47, 73, 84, 92, 110, 125, 126, 145, 147, 148, 152, 153, 155, 158, 168, 169, 216
Cobden, Richard 116
Cobham, Lord 37
Cockerell, Frederick Pepys 185
Cocking WS [J4] 105, 122, 125, 236, 238, 238, 239, 239, 244
Cokelers 82
Cold Comfort Farm (S. Gibbons) 87
Cold Harbour WS 87
Coleridge, Mary E 10
Colgate WS [F2] 66
collection crucifix 85, 228
Hollycombe Steam Collection 130
Portfield Mechanical Music and Doll 116
Mallison Collection of Rural Relics, Selborne 148
Collector Earl’ s Garden, Arundel 231, 232, 232
Colonna, Marzia 253 comment (Hampshire County Council) 178
commons 122
Comper, Sir Ninian 127
Compleat Angler, The (I Walton) 165
Compton WS 259
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur 26, 35 condition of the roads 92
Coneyhurst WS [G3] 71, 124
Conner, Angela 70 conservation societies 97
Conybeare, Henry 165
Coolham WS [G3] 71
Cooper’ s Green ES 31
Copnall, Bainbridge 228
Corhampton HA [L3] 152, 156 sundial 152, 250
Cornelius-Reid, Mrs 255
Cottage Museum, Petworth 92 cottage orné 188, 189
Coultershaw Beam Pump, Petworth 93
Coulton, G G 12
country (NW of Winchester) 100, 101, 180 country park
Ditchling Common 46
Farley Mount 181
Queen Elizabeth 77, 134, 148 Seven Sisters 39 Southwater 75 Staunton 134, 135
Stoneywish, Ditchling 45
Courts Baron 258
Courts Leet 186, 258
Covert, family 62
Coward, No l 210
Cowdray Estate WS [J3] 73, 105, 201, 223, 238
Cowdray family 238
Cowdray Park, avenue 106
Cowdray ruins, Midhurst 109, 111, 113, 122, 238
Cowfold WS [F3] 62, 63, 223, 225, 234 firemark 65, 225
Nelond Brass 62, 63, 223 shields 63 tomb, Father Time 64 village sign 62
Cowper, William 122, 241
Crap Towns (Jordison/Kieran) 207
Crabbe, George 156
Crabtree 224
Cranbury Park HA [N3] 169, 179 ’the Castle’ 178
water-tower 169
Crawley HA [N2] 180, 183, 255
Crawley WS [F2] 24, 57, 221
Crawley Court HA 73, 184, 185
Cromwell, Oliver 155, 156, 165, 176, 252
Cromwell, Thomas 223
Cronin, A J 67
crop circles 152, 153
Crop Circles, the Greatest Mystery of Modern Times (L Pringle) 152
Cross in Hand ES [C3] 16, 25, 28, 139
Long Barn Motor Museum 30
Crowborough ES [C2] 26
Crucifixion, by B Hepworth 166
Crusaders 42, 43
Cuckfield WS [E3] 10, 15, 16, 44, 46, 54, 55, 60, 62, 220, 220 church ceiling 56, 215 transmitter tree masts 220
Cuckfield Park WS 57, 220 gate house 52
Cuckmere, river 25, 39
Cuckoo Trail 27, 77, 211
Curfew Gardens, Midhurst 112, 113
Curiosities of Bedfordshire, (P & R Boogaart) 230, 234
Curiosities of East Sussex (D. Arscott) 9
Curiosities of West Sussex (D. Arscott) 9
curses 110, 111, 162 curvilinear style 33
Cusk, Rachel 70
Cuyp, Albert 94
D-Day 96, 153
D-Day Museum, Portsmouth 59
Dahl, Roald 118
Dalí, Salvador 108
Dallington ES [B3-4] 24
Dance portico, East Stratton 154, 155
Dance, George Jr 154, 177
Danebury Hill HA [O2] 185, 187, 188
Danehill ES [D3] 41, 215
Daniel, Dr Glyn 148
Danny WS 54
Darwin, Charles 34
daubing stone, Shawford Down 170
Dawson, Charles 34, 35
Dawtrey monument, Petworth church 80, 90, 95
de la Mare, Walter 57
Decorated style 33
Deer Tower 94 defensive works 55
Deflection Design Method 15
Defoe, Daniel 9, 158
Dennis, Donald 134, 247 developments (changes to A272) 19
Devil (place-names) 143
Devil’ s Dyke 143
Devil’ s Jumps, South Downs 126, 143
Devil’ s Punch Bowl nr Haslemere 115, 153
diaper work 91, 234
Dickens, Charles 10, 135
Didling WS [J4] 124, 244 at the Shepherds’ church 122
Dissolution of the Monasteries 108, 109
Ditchling ES [E4] 43, 259 Beacon ES 45 Cross ES 45 Museum 45
DNB, Dictionary of National Biography 110, 133 Dolmetsch, family 113
Domesday Book 31, 36, 103
Donkey Derby 41
Dover KE 8, 13, 18
Downsmen, The 237
Dragons Green WS [G3] 70, 71 Draper, Jo 9
Drovers House, Stockbridge 190, 191, 191, 193
Drummond, family 153
Drusillas Park ES [C5] 39
Dubois, Eugene 34
Dudwell, river 24
Dummer, Thomas 179
Duncton WS [I4] 10
Duncton Down WS [I4] 102, 103, 241
Dunford WS 115
Durford WS 127, 128
Durleighmarsh WS 128 bridge 128
Dutch connection, Winchester 170
Dutton, Ralph Stawell 149, 150
Du Val, Claude 14
Dyck, Anthony van 94, 110, 111
Early English style 30, 33
Early Tudor 46
Easebourne WS [J3] 62, 105, 106, 108, 122, 224, 238 bypass bridge 109
Cowdray estate colours 105, 109, 201 near Benbow Pond 107, 238, 238, 259
Easebourne–Midhurst handshake 110
East Grinstead WS [E2] 26, 35, 215
East Harting WS 126
East Hoathly ES 212, 213, 214, 214
East Lavington WS [I4] 103, 104
East Liss HA [K3] 136
East Marden WS [J4] 132, 239 well head 132
East Mascalls WS 48
East Meon HA [L3] 62, 142 at Peak Farm 146 church 144 font 144, 253
East Stratton HA [M1] 154, 177 Dance portico 154, 155
East Tisted HA [K2] 152
Eastbourne ES [B-C 5-6] 18, 28, 211
eastern end A272 16, 17, 254
Eastleigh HA [N4] 161
Easton HA [M2] 168
Eastern Rother 24, 25, 209
Ebernoe WS [I3] 87, 93, 234 brick kiln 88, 90
Eccentric Britain (B le Vay) 210, 249, 255
Ede, Len 248
Edinburgh (Lothian) 13
Edmund, King 170
Educational Museum, Haslemere 115
Edward VII 32, 108, 109, 186
Edward, King 103, 151
Edwards, Carl 106
Egbert, king 158
Egremont, family 83, 93, 94
Egypt HA 179
Eight Bells 61
Eldon HA 256
Elgar, Edward 94, 224
Eliot, George 130, 131
Elizabeth I, Queen 25, 57, 90, 106, 110
Elizabeth II, Queen 24, 37, 85, 185
Elizabethan 46
Elliot, General, Lord Heathfield 26
Elsted WS [J3-4] 125
Eluard, Paul 212
Elziver, Abraham 231 embroidery
Andover 59, 185
Bayeux 59
Cuckfield: Millennium Tapestry 221, 221
Didling reredos 243
Elsted church: quilt 125, kneelers 126
Henfield village hall 223
King’ s Somborne: cushions 256, 256
Parham 68, 221
Scaynes Hill 43, 222, 222
South Harting: hassocks 127 Steep church: kneelers 143
Test Valley Tapestry, Andover 59, 185
Titchfield Millennium Tapestry 216
Trotton church, hassocks 125 Wisborough Green 85
Emsworth HA 127, 150
Enchanted Forest, the Story of Stansted in Sussex (Earl of Bessborough & Clive Aslet) 242
Enfield, Edward 75
England’ s Thousand Best Churches (Simon Jenkins) 225
English Heritage 97
English Journey (B. Bainbridge) 166
English Journey (J B Priestley) 166
English, Simon 45
Enham Alamein HA 179
Epstein, Jacob 133
Eridge ES [C2] 28, 212, 212
Ethelwulf, father of King Alfred 165
evidence (Pilgrims’ Way) 20, 234 exception 30
exhibition centre: Sussex Guild of Craftsmen 33
eyecatcher
apple house: Bramdean 148, 149
Basing Park 146
Gilbert White’ s, Selborne 248 lodge: the Grange, Northington 154
obelisk: Hinton Ampner 150 Upperton Monument, Petworth Park 95, 96, 102
wooden tower: Folly Hill 167 facts and figures 196
Fairless, Michael (Margaret Fairless Barber/Dowson) 69, 222
Faraday, Michael 209
Farley Farm, Chiddingly 211, 212
Farley Mount HA [N3] 180, 191, 255
Farley Mount Country Park 181 farm open to the public
Butser Ancient Farm 136 142 Fishers Farm Park, Newpound Common 83
Noah’ s Farmyard, nr Tillington 103, 237
Old Mill Farm nr Bolney 223 Tulleys Farm, Turners Hill 221
Washbrook Farm, Hurstpierpoint 56
Farnham SR 13, 148
Farringdon HA [K2] 149 churchyard 140
Massey’ s Folly 150 yew 151
Fawkes, Guy 111, 216, 216
Fennell, Damien 227, 227
Fetherstonhaugh, family 128
Fierce Creatures (John Cleese) 251
Finlay, Ian Hamilton 77 firemarks 65, 225
Firle Place ES [D5] 38
First known when lost (E Thomas) 168
Fishbourne WS [J5] 92 Fisher, Adrian 221, 254, 254
Fishers Farm Park, Newpound Common 83 fishing 186, 187
Fittleworth WS [H3-4] 10, 94, 236 Five Ash Down ES 31
Flaxman, John 31, 95, 132, 163, 176, 177, 226 Fleming 110, 111
Fletching ES [D3] 17, 34, 38, 210, 215 pump house 34
Fletching Common ES 40 Meridian stone 40, 41
Fletton bricks 230 flint 110 floods in 2000 211, 211 Flowerdown Barrows HA 181 Foley Manor, Liphook 246, 246 Folkestone KE 18 follies 63, 128, 134, 150
animal shelter: Petworth Park 96, 96
botanical: Chanctonbury Ring 64 bottle wall: Offham 36
Braylsham Castle 210, 210
follies cont Brighton Pavilion 47
Clayton railwaytunnel 47, 47
Cranbury Park 178, 180
Farley Mount pyramid 180, 181, 191, 255 ‘folly’ , Listening Device, Greatstone-on-Sea 31
‘folly’ , Tower of Babylon 158, 159, 160
Gardener’ s Tower, Rotherfield Park, East Tisted 152
Hamilton Palace 213, 213
Heathfield Park 26, 27
Hiorne Tower, Arundel 76, 76
Hopton Tower (B&B) 154, 155
Houghton Lodge, mock lodge, mock castle, mock grotto 191, 258, 258
Ivy, Milland, 2, 134, 134, 247
Jullian’ s Folly, East Hoathly 214, 214
Massey’ s, Farringdon 149, 150 Nore, Slindon 87, 88, 89 Petworth Park 96
Racton monument 97, 116
sham castle: Gardener’ s Tower, Rotherfield Park, East Tisted 152
sham castle toll house: nr Worthing 68
sham Gothic tower: Selehurst 224
sham hermitage: Holmbush 66
sham ruin: Cranbury Park 178, 180 sham ruin, Horsham park 227 sham ruined castle and eyecatcher lodge: The Grange, Northington 154, 154 temple: Abbey Gardens, Winchester 168 temple: Benbow Pond 226, 226 tetralithon: Bramdean 148, 148
Toat Monument 82, 83
Uppark, Vandalian Tower 128, 129
Upperton Monument, Petworth Park 95, 96, 102 Vandalian Tower, Uppark 128, 129
Shelley’ s, Barcombe 35 Tulip, Woolbeding 122, 122 Wagner’ s, Brighton 47 Weeke’ s, Hurstpierpoint 55, 55 follies, groups of Brightling 24, 209, 209 Collector Earl’ s Garden, Arundel 231, 232, 232
Cranbury Park 178, 179, 180 Eridge estate 28, 29 Hinton Ampner 150 Nymans Gardens 59 Petworth Park 95, 9
Staunton 13
Uppark 128, 129, 130, 131 West Dean 106, 107, 240 Woolbeding House 242, 242, 243 Xilitla, Mexico 108
Follies (G. Headley & W. Meulenkamp) 154
Folly Farm, Crawley 182 Folly Fellowship, The 97, 150, 160, 171, 211, 214, 234 Folly Hill, Itchen Stoke 167 folly in landscape garden 155 Folly Market, Petersfield 134 footpaths 12
Clarendon Way 186, 194 Fosse Way 12
Hanger’ s Way 148 Icknield Way 12
John Keble 178
North Downs Ridgeway 12
Pilgrims’ Way 13, 16, 17, 18, 31, 234
South Downs Way see separate entry
Staunton Way 135
Test Way 183, 186, 187, 188, 194
Wey South Path 72, 194 Forest of Bere HA 164, 167 Forest Row ES 28
Forster, E M 39
Forsyth, James 59, 221
Four Men, The (H Belloc) 45, 63, 67, 96, 115, 119 Fox Hall, Charlton 97, 108 foxhunt 108, 109
Framfield ES [D3] 16, 17, 30, 62, 213
lychgate 30
Franklands Village WS 46, 218 Franklin, Benjamin 164 Freeman, Peter 253
Friends of Friendless Churches 247 Frink, Elisabeth 161 Frost, Robert 142
Froxfield HA 142
Frozen Assets (P G Wodehouse) 245
Fry, Roger 39
Fuller, Mad Jack 24, 134, 190, 208, 209, 209
Fyning WS 125
Fyodorov, Sergei 252, 252 Galsworthy, John 86, 87, 233 garden, landscape 154, 155 Gardener’ s Tower, Rotherfield Park, East Tisted 152 gardens open to the public Abbey Gardens, Winchester 168 Arundel, Collector Earl’ s Garden 231, 232, 232 Bateman’ s, Burwash 24, 209 Bohunt Manor Gardens, Liphook 130
Borde Hill, Haywards Heath 54, 215 ‘Cobblers’ , Jarvis Brook 26 Cranbury Park 169, 178, 179 Garden in Mind , Stansted 116, 242
Gilbert White’ s, Selborne 146, 249, 249, 250
Groombridge Place 29, 30 High Beeches, Handcross 60
gardens open to the public cont Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum 182
Hinton Ampner 150
Houghton Lodge 189, 258, 258 Leonardslee 64, 65, 224
Little Thakeham 74, 230
Mottisfont Abbey 188
Nymans, Handcross 58, 59, 204, 220
Parham Gardens 68, 69, 198, 221 Physic Garden, Petersfield 134
Queen Eleanor’ s Garden, Winchester 16
Sheffield Park 36, 36, 37, 38
Standen 26, 45
Stansted Park 116, 241, 242
Staunton 135
Uppark 128, 129, 130, 131
Wakehurst Place 29, 56
West Dean 106, 239, 240
Woolbeding House 242, 242
gardens open to the public for charity (National Gardens Scheme, the ‘yellow book’)
Bateman’ s, Burwash 24, 209
Bignor Park, Pulborough 235
Borde Hill, Haywards Heath 54, 220
Bramdean House 149
Charleston Farmhouse 38, 39
Clergy House, Alfriston 39
Coates Manor, Fittleworth 95
Collector Earl’ s Garden, Arundel 231, 232, 232 Cowdray Park Gardens, Midhurst 106
Cranbury Park, Otterbourne 169, 179, 180, 181
High Beeches, Handcross 60 Hillier Gardens, Ampfield 182
Hinton Ampner 151, 151 Houghton Lodge 189, 258
Longstock Park 185, 256
Mottisfont Abbey 188
Nymans 58, 58, 204, 220 Parham 68, 69, 198
Priest House, West Hoathly 43 Rotherfield Park, East Tisted 152 Selehurst, Lower Beeding 218 Sheffield Park and Gardens, 36, 36, 37, 38
Standen 26, 45
Uppark 128, 129, 241
West Dean College gardens 106, 239, 240
Gardiner, Brian 35 Gardner, William 15
gatehouse, Cuckfield Park 52, 57 Gatwick Airport 24, 57 gazebo 149
Basing Park 146
Bramdean apple house 148, 149 Upperton Monument, Petworth Park 95, 96, 102 West Dean 107 gazebo-cum-dovecote, Nymans 59, 204 Geldof, Bob 134
George IV, King 149, 189
George VI, King 248
Georgian Group 97
ghost story
Bordean House 145
Buxted 28
Hinton Ampner 149
Marwell Hall 158, 159
North Chailey 41
Upham 251
Gibbon, Edward 34, 128, 131
Gibbons, Grinling 94
Gibbons, Stella 87
Gibraltar Tower, Heathfield Park 26, 210, 211, 211
Gierth, Patrick 85
Gill, Eric 43, 127, 136, 162 glass 84 glebes 84
Glory of the Garden, The (R Kipling) 220
Glynde Place ES 38
Glyndebourne ES [D4] 38, 250
Goldsworthy, Andy 236, 236, 239
Goodman, Annie 67
Goodwood WS [J5] 110, 186, 241
sculpture park [I4] 112, 241
Goodworth Clatford HA [O1] 183, 255
water-tower 183, 184, 255
Goring, Charles 64
Gothic style 32, 33
Gothick style 33
gothick seat, Uppark 131
Gough, William 127
Graffham WS [I4] 105 Grand Tour 43, 128
Grange, The, Northington 153, 233
Grange Farm, Petersfield 136
Grange Park Opera 153, 250 Grant, Duncan 39 graveboard 56, 60
Gravenhurst WS 59, 73
Gravetye Manor WS 44 Gray, Jane 67
Grayshott HA 131, 246
Greame, Thomas 15
Great British Ruins (B. Bailey) 124
Greatham WS [H4] 21, 71
Greatstone-on-Sea KE 31
Greeley, Horace 8
Green Man, West Grinstead 198, 225
Greenaway, Peter 30
Greene, Graham 48, 133
Greenham Common 78, 79, 232, 233
Greenwood, Christopher and John 15
Greenwood, Col George 148
Gresham, Sir Thomas 25
Grey Man of Ditchling 45
gridshell 240, 240, 241, 241
Grimshaw, Stewart 243
Griggsgreen HA 139
Groombridge Place KE [C2] 29, 29, 77, 108
grotto
Cranbury Park 180
Houghton Lodge 191, 258, 258
Twickenham 67
Warnham Court 228
Woolbeding House 243
Guggenheim, Peggy 245
Guinness, Sir Alec 247
Guy Fawkes Day 210, 216
Gwynn, Nell 158
Gypsy Lee 47
ha-ha 28, 93, 147, 107
Hadlow Down ES [C3] 17, 24, 26, 96, 157
cross 200, detail 27
Hailsham ES [C4-5] 40, 212
Haines, Simon 217
Halfway Bridge WS 102, 104, 237
pub 17, 104, 105
Hall, Reg 217
Halland ES [C4] 32, 36, 37, 77, 211, 212, 213
Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum [D4] 32
Hals, Frans 94
Hambledon HA [L4] 154
Hamilton, Emma 129
Hamilton Lamb, Fiona 238
Hamilton Palace 213, 213 hammerponds
Cuckfield Park 57
Horsted Keynes 42
St Leonard’ s Forest 65
Sheffield Park 38, 40
Hampshire 105
Hampshire books 9
Hampshire Curiosities (J. Draper) 9
Hampshire Harvest (R. Potter) 160
Hampshire Hog 161, 161, 162
Hampshire Ways (F E Stevens) 158
Handcross WS [F2] 59
Nymans gardens WS 58
Hanger’ s Way 148, 194
Hannah Peschar 77, 82
Hardham WS [H4] 83, 84
Hardham murals 86
Hardy, Thomas 156, 157, 182, 236
Harold, King 116
Harper, John 222
Harris, Jacob 42
Harris, Tony 244
Harrock House ES 29
Harrow Inn, Steep 249
Hartfield ES [D2] 32, 62
Pooh Corner 33, 247
Harting WS [K3] 125, 127, 128, 245, 245
Harvard, John 213
Haslemere SR [J2] 113, 131, 240
Educational Museum 115
Hassocks WS [E4] 46, 62
Hastings ES 18, 115, 151
Havant HA [K5] 10
Hawk Conservancy, Andover 185
Hawkhurst Court WS 73, 85, 88
Hawkley HA [K2-3] 145
Hay-on-Wye (Powys) 116
Hayward, John 252, 256
Haywards Heath WS [E3] 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 44, 46, 47, 54, 55, 57, 129, 194, 218, 219
Family Outing 45, 47
Great Haywards Farmhouse 44, 46, 50-1
The Dolphin 48, 48, 219, 220, 220 war memorial 46
Headbourne, river 176
Headbourne Worthy HA 176
Heaselands WS 54
Heath, The, Petersfield 134
Heathfield ES [C3] 16, 17,18, 26, 93, 210, 211
Heathfield, Gen Elliot 26
Heaven Farm, Danehill 41
Heffle Fair 26
Henfield WS [F4] 49, 58, 222, 223
Cat and Canary House 61
Henley WS [J3] 115
Henry IV, King 186
Henry VI, King 26
Henry VIII, King 109, 160, 165
Hepworth, Barbara 123, 166
Herbert, George 252
hermitage, sham, Holmbush 67
Heron’ s Ghyll ES [D3] 33
Herstmonceux ES [B4] 24
Heusden (NL) 170
Hever Castle KE 57
Hewett, Peter 159
Hewitt, Grailley 125
Hickox, Evelyn 143
Hicks, Ivan 30, 108, 116, 242
Hickstead WS [F3-4] 56
Hidden Hampshire (J Barton) 9
Hidden Sussex (D. Arscott & W. Swinfen) 9
High Beeches WS 60
Highways and Byways of Sussex (E Lucas) 103, 111 hill figures 45
John Major 45
Litlington 39
Wilmington 39, 39, 40
Woolbury Hill 184, 184 hill forts 190, 191
Chithurst 127
Danebury Hill 187
Ditchling 45 Woolbury Hill 184
Hilliers Arboretum HA [O3] 182
Hinton Ampner HA [M3] 73, 149 garden temple 151
Hinton Marsh HA [M3] 151, 153, 250
Hinton, Martin 35
Hints on Horsemanship (G. Greenwood) 148
Hiorne Tower, Arundel 76, 76
Hiorne, Francis 76
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The (E Gibbon) 34, 131
Hobbema, Meindert 94
Hogge House, Buxted 29 Hogge House hog 29
Hogge, Ralph 24, 28, 29 Holland 14, 29, 183
Hollycombe Steam Collection [J3] 130
Holman Hunt, William 102, 103 Holmbush WS 66
Holmes, Sherlock 26, 30
Holyhead (Gwynedd) 13
Hoogstraten, Nicholas van 213
Hope, Polly 43
Hopkins, Gerard Manley 113 Hopkins, John 176
Hopton Tower, Hambledon 154 Horam ES 42
Horsebridge HA [O2] 186, 187, 188, 212
Horsham WS [G2] 44, 67, 74, 125, 168, 198, 207, 208, 225, 225, 226, 227, 227, 228, 238, 239 Heritage Sundial 227, 227 Museum 71, 228, 228
Piries Place 70, 227
The Causeway 67
The Rising Universe 70 Tower Hill 73, 227
Horsham Hang Fair 67
Horsham slabs 44, 218, 218, 222
Horsted Keynes WS [E3] 35, 41, 60, 2217, 257, 257
Bluebell Railway station 34 graveyard 43
North American Indian Centre and Museum 41, 42, 217
Horwood, William 102
Hospital of St Cross, Winchester 169, 253, 253
Houghton HA [O2] 187, 188, 190
Houghton Lodge HA 188, 189, 189, 202, 258,258
Hydroponicum 189
Hudson, W H 132, 133
Huggett, Master 24, 26
Hughes family 89 hundreds 114, 115 hunting 106
Hunton HA 180, 183
Hursley HA [N3] 62, 176, 177, 178, 179, 199 chimneys 179, 200 Lychgate Cottage 177
Hurstpierpoint WS [F4] 21, 54, 62 Weeke’ s Folly 55
Hutchinson, Arthur 26
Hydroponicum, Hampshire 189
Hymn to Flint, A (D Arscott) 110 I Never Played to Many Posh Dances (R. Hall) 217 icehouses 94, 95 Goodwood 95, 110 Midhurst 110 Petworth 94, 95, 97 Uppark 95
Icknield Way 12
Idehurst WS 87
In Praise of Sussex (D Arscott) 110
Independent Chapels 208 Indiscretions of Archie (P G Wodehouse) 258
Intech, Winchester 168, 199, 250, 251, 251
Intended Guide for English Travellers, An (J Norden) 14
internet 60, 208, 214, 223, 227, 230, 237, 244
Invisible Man, The (H G Wells) 126
Iping WS [J3] 122, 125
Iping and Stedham Common 122
Iping Common, tumuli 122, 123 Ireland, John 70
iron industry 24, 26, 28, 29, 32, 42 Isfield [D4] 35, 214, 215
Itchen Abbas HA [M2] 167
Itchen Canal 160
Itchen Stoke HA [M2] 163 church 163, 164
Itchen, river 151, 152, 153, 156, 160, 163, 167, 168, 170, 176, 187, 194
Ivy Folly, Milland 2, 134, 134, 247
Jack and Jill, windmills 48, 201 Jackson, Philip 239, 243, 243, 245, 245, 246, 246
Jacob’ s Post, Crawley 183
Jacob’ s Post, Wivelsfield 42 James II, King 131
James, Edward 107, 108, 116, 240 Jarvis Brook ES 26
Jebb, Phillip 242, 242, 243 Jekyll, Gertrude 44, 74, 109 Jenkins, Simon 223, 225 Jerrome, Peter 91 Jerusalem HA 179
Jex-Blake, Sophia 25
John of Gaunt 186
John O’Groats (Highland) 8 Johnson, Dr Samuel 94, 154 Johnston, Edward 43 Jones, Inigo 109, 129, 231 Jullian’ s Folly, East Hoathly 214, 214
Keats, John 115, 161, 169, 242 Keble, John 169, 178, 179 Kelmscott Press 26 Kemp, David 161 Kent, William 37, 155 Keymer WS 62 Keynes, John Maynard 39, 41 Kilmeston HA 151 Kinder, Claud 113
King’ s Somborne HA [O2] 183, 184, 256 Kings Worthy HA 176 Kingscote WS 35, 215 Kingsley, Charles 157 Kingsley, Henry 55, 57 Kipling, Rudyard 11, 24, 25, 26, 27, 209, 220, 248 Kirdford WS [H3] 85, 86
Degradation of Drunkenness 86, 86
Klein, Rose 69 Knepp Castle WS 67, 68, 73 Knight, Jeremy 227 Knights Templar 69
Knockhundred Row, Midhurst 112, 113, 241 Knole KE 31 Knott, Mr 55 Krishnamurti 14
Lainston House HA 73, 181
Lancet style 30
Lancing College chapel 63, 219, 219
Land’ s End CO 8
Landmark Trust 97, 108 landscape gardens 154, 155
Lane End Common ES 40
Lane, The (E Thomas) 143
Langrish HA [K3] 142, 143 churchyard 142
Langtry, Lillie 186
Lapper, Alison 217, 218
Lark Rise to Candleford (F Thompson) 246
Larkin, Philip 116, 117
Laughton ES 212
Lavant HA 10
Lavender Line [D4] 35, 214, 215
Lavington Park WS 102
Lawrence, D. H. 70, 71
Leavis, F R 135
Leckford HA 187, 256, 258
Leckford Estate, Longstock 256, 258
Leconfield Estate, Petworth 88, 225
Lee, Gypsy 47 legends 25
Woolbury Hill 184, 185
Leith Hill SR 111
leper’ s window, Elsted 125
Leonardslee WS [F3] 64, 224
Le Tissier, Matt 153
Lewes ES [D4] 10, 11, 25, 28, 35, 37, 40, 91, 115, 208, 211, 214, 215, 216, 221, 223, 259
Lewis, George 150
Lewis, John Spedan 255, 256
Lickfold WS [I3] 107
Life and Death of Rochester Sneath, The (H Berkely) 233, 234
Light of the World, The (W Holman Hunt) 102, 103
Lillington DO 224
Limb, Sue 167
limeburning 82, 82
Linch WS 128, 239, 245, 246
Lindfield WS [E3] 17, 22, 43, 46, 151
Parvise Museum 48
Wireless Museum 48
Lindfield Road, off A272 43, 44
Lindsey, J (Newick history) 20
Lintott, Bernard Barnaby 231
Lintott, Henry 61
Liphook HA [J2] 130, 246, 246
Liss HA [K3] 136 listed buildings 54, 55
Listening Device, Greatstone-onSea 31
literary figures 10
Litlington ES [C5] 39
Little London WS 92, 93
Little Somborne HA 183, 256
Little Thakeham 230
Littlehampton WS [H5] 210, 194
Littleton HA [N2] 180, 181
Littleworth WS 10, 222
Liverpool, Lord 28
Lockerley HA 191
lock-ups 114
Alfriston 38, 38
Midhurst 114 Slindon 88
Lod, river 104
Loder, family 65
Lodge Copse 236
Lodsworth WS [I3] 20, 104, 106, 201, 237, 238
St Nicholas, window 106 loggia, Nymans Gardens 58, 59
Long Man, Wilmington [C5] 39
Longmoor Camp HA [K2] 132, 246
Longstock HA [O2] 185, 255, 256 fishing hut 185
Lopcombe Corner WI 190
Lopokova, Lydia 39 Lord, Thomas 148
Louis, Joe 153
Lower Beeding WS 96, 224
Lower Clatford HA 183
Lowlands Farm HA 147 Lowry, Malcolm 40, 41 Lowth, Robert 137
Loxwood WS [H2] 82, 124, 162
Lucas, E V 9, 74, 103, 111 Luckin, Clare 78, 79, 232, 233, 233
Lurgashall WS [I3] 108, 224, 239, 257
Noah’ s Ark 108, 257
Lutyens, Sir Edwin 74, 108, 147, 186, 230, 258 Luxemburg 183 lychgates 62, 63 Lydhurst House, Warninglid 63 Lyons, Neil 87
MacAdam, John L. 14, 15
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie 45 Maclean, Captain 14
Magdalen Hill HA 154 Magritte, René 107, 108 Major, John 45
Mallinson Collection of Rural Relics 148
Manning, H E , Cardinal 104, 225 Manningtree EX 229, 244 Mantell, Dr Gideon 55, 221 maps 12
Mardens, the WS [J-K4] 132, 239
Maresfield ES [D3] 16, 17, 26, 27, 31, 73, 194, 213, 214, 228 milestone 15
Maresfield Park 32, 33, 36, 214
Martello towers 31
Martyr Worthy HA 176
Martyrs’ Memorial, Lewes 37
Marwell Zoological Park HA [M3] 157, 251
Mary, ‘Bloody’ Queen 38
Massey’ s Folly, Farringdon 149, 150 mathematical tiles 91, 91 mausolea
Dr Francis Douce, Nether Wallop 190, 190
Mad Jack Fuller, Brightling 24, 25, 190
Edward Gibbon, Fletching 34
mausolea, cont
Shelley, Avington 170
Schwerdt family, Old Alresford 161
Wherwell 183, 183
Mayfield ES [C3] 17, 24, 210 village sign 24
Maze
Bignor 93
Crawley County Hall 221
Hadlow Down 26, 156, 200 Horsham park
Itchen Stoke 164
Parham 68, 198
St Catherine’ s Hill, Winchester 156, 157, 167 Shawford 221, 221 Tulleys Farm 221
McDonald’ s Corner 226
McKean, Lorne 69, 70, 227, 227
McKenna, Keith 208
McNamara, Rosa 216
measuring (road maintenance) 15
Medieval Panorama (G Coulton) 12
Medway, river 25
Meldrew, Victor 254 memorials
Hillaire Belloc 13, 66 bench, Black Down 111 Burrell accident, Partridge Green 222, 222
Hughes 89
Japanese, Uckfield churchyard 31
Martyrs’ Lewes 37 obelisk Chapel Cross 24, 25, 38 stone, Edward Thomas 142 temple Benbow Pond 238, 238 window Edward Thomas 144 window Sir Thomas Sopwith 256 window Izaak Walton 253, 253
Mens, The WS 88
Meon Hill HA 188
Meon, river 143, 165
Mercury, Freddy (Queen) 188
Meridian Stone, Fletching Common 40, 41
Mersey, Richard Lord 235
Messel, family 60
Mestrovic, Ivan 69
Mew, John and Jo 210
Meynell, Alice 70
Meynell, Viola 70
Micheldever HA [M2] 176, 177 church monuments 176, 177
Micheldever Station HA 178
Micheldever Wood HA 155
Michelham Priory 227
Michelmersh HA [O3] 183, 240
Middle English 57
Middle Wallop HA [P2] 189 Museum of Army Flying 191
Middlemarch (G. Eliot) 130, 131
Midhurst WS [J3] 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 102, 105, 111, 122, 123, 194, 237, 241, 243
church 100
church window 113 Cobden obelisk 116
Midhurst, cont library 112
Market Square corner 114
The Spread Eagle 114, 119, 241 West Street 115
Midsummer Night’ s Dream, A (W Shakespeare) 229
Milenge, Petersfield 248 milestones 32
military defence works 30, 31 military museums, Winchester 162 Milland WS [J3] 133, 134, 136, 247, 247
Miller, Lee 212 mills 68
Milne, A A 32
Milton Abbas DO 28
Mind over Motor (W. H. Charnock) 248
Miró, Joan 212
Mitchell, Alan 151
Mitford, family 88
Mitford, Mary Russell 156, 157 mizmaze, Winchester 157, 157, 167 monastery, Parkminster 64 Mondriaan, Piet 166
Monk’ s House, Rodmell 38 Monkton House WS 108 Monmouth (Gwent) 8 Mont Blanc (P. B. Shelley) 70 Montagu, George 15
Monty Python 19
monuments
Archdeacon Jacob’ s Post 183
Basing Park 147 battle 1644, Cheriton 152 Walter Budd, Dragons Green 70, 71
Jack Cade, Cade Street 26 Cowdry, 3rd Viscount temple 238, 238 Deadman’ s Plack, Harewood Forest 184
Houghton Lodge 189, 202, 258 Hughes family, West Burton 89, 90 Meridian Stone 40, 41 Mystery, Houghton Lodge 189, 202, 258 find-spot, Piltdown Man 36, 215, 215 obelisk, Hinton Ampner 150 Raton 97
Rowlands Castle 248, 248 sarsen, tetralithon, Bramdean 14 Toat 82
Upperton 95, 96, 102
William Walker, Winchester 165, 166
monument of neo-classical architecture, the Grange 153 monuments to a horse Farley Mount pyramid 180, 181, 191 tetralithon Bramdean 148
Moore, Henry 36, 37, 77, 123, 166, 211, 239, 240
Moral Essays (A. Pope) 67
Morestead HA 154, 160
Morning Hill, Morn Hill, Winchester 152, 153, 250, 251, 251
Morris, William 26, 37, 45, 145 mosaics
Bignor Roman villa 91, 92, 93
Horsham, Swan Mosaic 69
Much Hadham HE 36
Petersfield town mosaic 120, 135 Sparsholt bus shelter 254
West Grinstead, the Rape of the Lock 66, 199
Mothers Union 252
motte 67, 68, 69
motte and bailey 69
Mottisfont (Abbey) HA [O3] 188
Mowl, Tim 216
Much Hadham HE 36
Muir, Edwin and Willa 26 murals
Christ’ s Hospital chapel 74, 75
Cowdray ‘mural’ , Midhurst 241
Farley Farm, Chiddingly 212 Hardham murals 86 Hawkley church 146
Midhurst, Ye olde teashoppe, Midhurst 113
Nether Wallop church 191
Stoke Charity church 178
Trotton church 124
Whistler room, Mottisfont Abbey 188
Winchester Cathedral Lady Chapel 166
Wisborough Green church 4, 20, 85
West Chiltington church 74
museums
Amberley [H4] 72
Andover 185, 187
Army Flying, Middle Wallop [O1] 191
Balfour, Red Cross History, Weekes 180
Bear, Petersfield 132, 133, 247, 247
Bentley Wildfowl and Motor, Halland [D4] 32
Bishop’ s Waltham 155
Blue Bell Line, Sheffield Park station 36
British, London 251
Christ’ s Hospital 74
Cottage, Petworth 92 corkscrew, Alfriston 38 courthouse, Pevensey 38 Cuckfield 55
D-Day, Portsmouth 59
Ditchling 45
Doll House, Petworth, Royston 92 Eastleigh 161
Educational, Haslemere 115
Farley Farm, Chiddingly 211, 212
Fishbourne Roman Palace 116 Guildhall, Chichester 115
Heaven Farm, Victorian farming, Danehill 41
Henfield 59, 223
Hollycombe Steam Collection 130
museums, cont Horsham 71, 228, 228
Intech, Winchester 168, 199, 250, 251, 251
Lavender Line, Isfield 35
Long Barn Motor, Cross in Hand 30
National Red Cross, Guildford 180
North American Indian Centre, Horsted Keynes 41, 217 Pallant House, Chichester 115 Parvise, Lindfield 48
Petersfield, 248
Polar, Selborne 147
Portfield Mechanical Music and Doll Collection 116
Oates Museum Selborne 147 Priest House, West Hoathly 43 Red Cross History, Weeke 180 Romany Folklore, Selborne 148, 250
Rural Relics, Selborne 148, 250 Science Centre, Herstmonceux 24
Selborne 147, 249, 249, 250, 250 Southampton 165
Tangmere Military Aviation 116
Weald and Downland Open Air, Singleton 109, 240, 240, 241, 241 West Chiltington 74
Westgate, Winchester 165 windmill-cum-rural-life, North Chailey 42 Wireless, Lindfield 48 museums, military (Army, Navy, RAF) 162, 166, 167 Myers, Michael 208 mystery object, Houghton 189, 202, 258
Napoleon 24, 31, 55
Nash, John 47, 65, 66, 68, 189
National Cycle Network of Great Britain (Sustrans) 46, 218, 219 National Gardens Scheme (NGS) 230
National Transcommunications Limited 184, 234
National Trust 73, 97 National Trust properties
Bateman’ s, Burwash 24, 209 Bodiam Castle 43
Charleston Farmhouse 38, 39, 212
Clergy House, Alfriston 39 Hinton Ampner 73, 149
Monk’ s House, Rodmell 38 Mottisfont Abbey 18
Nymans Gardens, Handcross 58, 59, 204, 220 Petworth House 93
Sheffield Park 36, 36, 37, 38, 40 Slindon Park 89
Slindon village 88
Standen 26, 45
Terwick Common 125, 126, 206, 207, 244
Uppark 128, 129, 130, 131
Wakehurst Place, Ardingly 29, 56
National Trust properties, cont
Winchester City Mill 160, 167, 253 Woolbeding House 242, 242, 243
Woolbury Hill, Stockbridge Common 184
Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (G White) 146
nature reserves
Amberley Wild Brooks 7
Ashford Hangers 142
Bedelands Farm, Burgess Hill 46
Chailey Common 42
Ebernoe Common 92, 234
Haywards Heath 46
Iping and Stedham Common 122, 242
The Mens 88
Pullborough Brooks 75
St Catherine’ s Hill, Winchester 157
Scrase Valley, Haywards Heath 46
nature trails
Burton Mill 95
Danehill 41
Ditchling Common Country Park 46
Haslemere 115
Noah’ s Farmyard, nr Tillington 103
Old Mill Farm nr Bolney 216 Woods Mill 62
naturist site Scaynes Hill 44
Nelond brass, Cowfold 62, 63, 223
Nether Wallop HA [O2] 189, 192, 258
churchyard 190 mausoleum 190 thatched wall 188, 192
Netherfield ES 104
name 105
Netherlands Farm, Petworth 103
Netherlands, The 9, 19, 182, 183, 229, 239, 247
New Alresford HA [M2] 154, 157, 161
church cupboard 158
New Cheriton HA 151
New Forest 164, 167
New Poly-Olbion, The (A. Young) 250
new town (Micheldever) 177
Newbridge WS 82, 82
The Limeburners 82, 257, 257
Newbuildings Place WS 76
Newick ES [D3] 16, 17, 20, 36, 37, 63, 195, 215, 216, 217 signpost 19 village sign 37, 40
Newick Park 39, 215
Newpound Common WS 83 NEWS 20
Nicholas Nickleby (C Dickens) 135
Nicholson, Ben 166
Nicolson, Harold 31
Night Thoughts (E. Young) 154
Ninfield ES [B4] 38
stocks and whipping post 38, 201
Noah’ s Farmyard, Petworth 103, 237
Nollekens, Joseph 31, 163, 209 nonconformist chapels 124, 125
Norden, John 14
Nore folly, Slindon 88, 89 Norman style 32, 33
North American Indian Centre and Museum, Horsted Keynes 41, 217
North Chailey ES 36, 40 Heritage Centre 42 war memorial 42 windmill 41
North Downs 9, 12, 14, 17, 18, 95, 111, 130
North Downs Ridgeway 12, 13, 17
North Marden WS [J4] 132, 239, 259
North Stoke WS 233
Northchapel WS [I2-3] 93 beacon 94
Northiam ES 61
Northington HA [M2] 153 eyecatcher lodge 154 The Grange 153 notes 11
Notes from a Small Island (B Bryson) 50
NTL, 184, 251, 255
Nymans gardens WS [F2-3] 58, 59, 204, 220
oast (houses) 26, 27
Oates, family 147
Oates Museum, Selborne 147 obelisks
Brightling 24
Chapel Cross 24, 25, 38 Hinton Ampner 150 Lewes 37 Midhurst 115, 116 East Stratton 155 Winchester 162
‘obelisk’ , Petworth 91
Oberon’ s Palace, Arundel 231, 232
Ockenden Manor, Cuckfield 56
Ockley WS 82
Ode to Autumn (J. Keats) 169
Offham ES [D-E4] 36 Offham WS 69, 70 Ogilvy, John 14
Old Alresford HA [M2] 160, 251
Old English 57
Old English names 123
Old Heathfield ES 27
Old Heritage School, Chailey 42, 217, 218
Old Mill Farm, Bolney 223
Old Road 13
Old Winchester Hill HA 145
Oliver, Stephan 234
Oliver’ s Battery HA 176
Olivier, Sir Lawrence 222
Operation Overlord 59, 71
Orchards, Haywards Heath 47
Ordnance Survey 66
Ordnance Survey maps 15, 16
Orfold Lock, Newbridge 83 Orwell, George 48, 156
Otterbourne HA [N3] 169
Otway, Thomas 124, 125
Our Village (M. R. Mitford) 156
Ouse, river 25, 36, 37, 41, 44, 48, 55, 194, 208
Out of this Century, Confessions of an Art Addict (P Guggenheim) 245
Outwood WS 61
Over Wallop HA [P2] 189
Ovington HA 10
Owslebury Bottom (P Hewett) 159
Owslebury HA [M3] 159, 160
Oxenbourne HA 145
Giant cottage 145
Oxford OX 124, 179, 185, 230, 250
Oxford Companion to Music 113
Oxford English Dictionary 137
Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide 9
Paine, Thomas 216
paintball 87
Palestine HA 179
Palladian 108, 109, 129
Palladio, Andrea 109
Paludina limestone 75, 88
Parham WS [H4] 28, 68, 221
Wendy House 68
parish registers 30
Park and Ride, Winchester 155, 253
Parker, Barry 64
Parkminster, Cowfold 64, 65
Partridge Green WS 65, 222, 223, 226
Parvise Museum, Lindfield 48
passage (engineer’ s report) 18
Patcham ES 48
Patmore, Coventry 24, 33
Paul, Anthony 82
pavilion: West Grinstead Park 66
Pavilions in Peril (SAVE) 97
Peak Farm, East Meon 146
Peake, Mervyn 70
Peel, J H B 259
Pegasus Bridge (1944) 96
Pelham, John 212
Pelham Buckle 212
Penn, William 71, 213
Penrose, Antony 210
Penrose, Sir Roland 211, 212
Pepys, Samuel 220, 229
Percy Hobbs pub 154, 155
Perpendicular style 33, 47
Peschar, Hannah 77, 82
Pest House, East Meon 146
Peterborough CA 230
Peter’ s Barn Gallery, South Ambersham 237
Petersfield HA [K3] 11, 13, 15, 18, 129, 130, 131, 142, 143, 145, 152, 163, 188, 194, 245, 245, 246, 247, 248, 248, 249, 257
Bear Museum 132, 133, 247, 247
Flora Twort Gallery 132, 247 Heath Pond 133, 136 mosaic 120, 135 name 130 museum 248, 248
R. C. church 132, 247 Rams Walk 247, 248
Royal Oak pub 163, 257 Sheep Street and the Spain 130, 130, 200
Petersfield, cont
St Peter’ s church 132, 133, 248
The Market Inn 132, 246, 257
The Square 131, 131, 246, 246, 247, 257, 257 Turnpike Gallery 133 Pett ES 31
Petworth WS [I3] 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 73, 88, 102, 103, 105, 107, 110, 129, 130, 208, 233, 234, 235, 236, 236, 237, 239
Bartons Lane, summer 92 Bartons Lane, winter 93 church 88
Dawtrey monument 80, 90, 95 Cottage Museum 92 Doll House Museum 92 icehouse 94 ‘obelisk’ 91, 95 Petworth House 93, 97, 237 Selhurst School 233, 234 Petworth marble 75, 88 Petworth Park 19, 95, 102, 236, 236 deer 96 folly 96
Upperton Monument 96
Pevensey ES 38, 115
Pevsner 46, 132, 153, 185, 233
Philip’ s County Guides: East Sussex 9 Hampshire 9 West Sussex 9
Philippi, Ernest 184, 185
Physic Garden, Petersfield 134 physic gardens 134
Picasso, Pablo 19, 212 Picts 89, 237
Pier, Brighton 47 Pierpoint, family 54 ,55
Pilgrim Fathers 112
Pilgrims’ Way 13, 16, 17, 18, 31 pill-boxes 30
Piltdown ES [D3] 16, 35, 36, 215
Piltdown Man 34, 35, 35, 215 pub sign 35, 215, 257, 257 pious portals 154 East Stratton 154
Possingworth Park 29, 154 West Grinstead 66, 154
Piper, John 116, 240
Pirie, William 70, 227
Pitshill WS 102, 103, 237
Pitshill Belvedere WS 103, 104
Pittleworth HA 10
Plaistow WS [H2] 84, 86 Plantin, Christoffel 231 Plumridge, Andrew 91 Plymouth DV 112
Pocahontas 27
Pointed style 30
Polar Museum, Selborne 147
Polegate ES 27
Pooh Corner, Hartfield 33, 247
Pope, Alexander 65, 66, 67, 127, 155, 164, 169, 231
Pope’ s Oak, West Grinstead 65, 66
Popes Oak Farm, West Grinstead 65, 154
Portland DO 77
Portrait of Stockbridge, from 500 BC to 2001 AD, A (H Saxton) 258
Portsmouth HA 10, 13, 129, 130, 135, 194, 222, 259 D-Day Museum 59
Possingworth Park ES 29 post-mills 68
Potter’ s Green ES 28
Potter, R 160
Pound Green ES [C3] 18, 27
Pound, Ezra 28, 76
Poundford ES [C3] 17, 25, 198
Poussin, Nicolas 155
Powys, John Cowper 70, 71
Pre-Raphaelites 26, 102, 103 prehistory 55
Present Laughter (N. Coward) 210 price (coach fare) 142, 143 priest hole, Bolney 61 priest hole, West Grinstead 225 Priest House, West Hoathly 43 Priestley, J. B. 165 Pringle, Lucy 152
private estates 73
Privett HA [L3] 144, 145, 145 Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth, The (J Nichols) 106
protests (road building) 45, 162, 163 Providence Chapel, Bolney 62 pub signs 188, 256, 257, 257 Amberley 71
Ansty Cross 59, 221 Bull, Newick 38, 217, 217 Green Man, Horsted Keynes 257 Limeburners, nr Billingshurst 82, 257, 257
Market Inn, Petersfield 132, 246, 257
Noah’ s Ark, Lurgashall 108, 257, 257
Percy Hobbs, Winchester 154, 155 Piltdown Man, Piltdown 35, 36, 215, 257
Queen’ s Head, Bolney 188 Royal Oak, Barcombe 257, 257 Royal Oak, Petersfield 163, 257 Square Brewery, Petersfield 257, 257
Swan, Fittleworth 94 West Meon Hut 147
White Hart Inn, Stockbridge 188 White Horse, Chilgrove 188, 256, 257
Wilmington Long Man 39 pubs 27
Puck of Pook’ s Hill (R. Kipling) 209
Pulborough WS [H4] 61, 62, 83 Old Place 74
Pulborough Brooks Nature Reserve 75 pumphouse: Fletching 34
Puritan names 181
Pye, William 243
pyramid
Brightling 24, 25
Farley Mount 180, 181, 191, 255
Nether Wallop 190, 190
Pytta 88, 237
Quakers 48, 57, 71, 125 quality (of roads) 8, 9
Queen Eleanor’ s Garden, Winchester 165
Queen Elizabeth Country Park HA [K4] 134, 148
Queen Elizabeth Oak, Easebourne 106, 107, 237, 238, 238
quilt, Elsted 125
Quinn, Marc 218
racecourse: Goodwood 112 Racton Monument, Lordington WS 97, 116
railway tunnel, Clayton 47, 47, 219
railways, steam Bluebell Railway 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 45, 215
Hollycombe Steam Collection 130
Lavender Line 35, 214, 215
Watercress Line 161
Rake WS [J3] 136
Raleigh, Sir Walter 158
Rann, Jack 14
Rape of the Lock, The (A Pope) 66 rapes 114, 115
Ravera, John 47
Ray, Man 212
Raymonde-Hawkins, Mrs 33
Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare ES 33
Reading BR 156
Rectilinear 33
Red Cross Branch, Weeke 180
Redford WS 128
Redundant Churches Fund 144 redwood trees 144, 145, 147, 249
Regency 188, 189
Rembrandt van Rijn 94 remnants (judiciary system) 38, 39
Reproduction Forbidden 107
Repton, Humphry 36, 37, 40, 131, 155, 209
Rewards and Fairies (R Kipling) 209, 248
ridgeways 12, 28
Ringles Cross ES 31, 213
Ringmer ES 33, 213, 213, 239
Ripe ES [C4-5] 40, 212 Old Cottage 41
River WS [I3] 102 roads 12, physical aspects of 15 road books 9 road numbers 8, 12 road section 18
road surface 18 road works 16
Roadmender, The (M Fairless) 222
Robbers’ Roost, Stockbridge 184
Robinson, William 44
Roche Court Sculpture Garden WI [P2] 77, 190
Rock Lodge Vineyard WS 42
Rodmell ES [D5] 38
Rogate WS [J3] 16, 126, 244, 258 war memorial 126
Roget, Peter 209
Roman mosaic gladiators 92
Medusa 93
Roman roads 12, 12, 72, 154, 178, 179, 187, 194, 228, 247
Roman Villa, Bignor [I4] 91, 218
Romanesque 32
Romany Folklore Museum, Selborne 148, 249
Romsey HA [O3] 182, 192
Rookwood (H. Ainsworth) 55
Roosevelt, President Teddy 132
Roper, Lanning 243
Ropley HA 161
Rosa, Salvator 155
Rother, river
eastern 24, 25, 194, 210 western 83, 84, 93, 95, 102, 103, 104, 105, 110, 111, 122, 123, 126, 127, 129, 143, 194
Rother Valley 24, 126
Rotherfield ES [C2] 25, 210
Rotherfield Park HA 152
Gardener’ s Tower 152
Rottingdean ES [E5] 25, 48 rotundas
Benbow Pond 238, 238
Bignor Park 235, 235
Brightling 24, 209 Petworth Park 95
Woolbeding, 122, 122, 243
Rowfold Grange WS 72
Rowlands Castle HA 108, 248, 248
Royal Oak pub, Petersfield 163, 257
Royal Oak pub, Winchester 161, 163
Royal Pavilion, Brighton 47, 189, 221
Royston HE, Doll House Museum 92
Rubens, Peter Paul 94, 110
Rufus, King William II 254
ruin
bishop’ s palace: Bishop’ s Waltham 155 castle: Amberley 71
Cowdray 106, 109, 110, 111, 224, 238
Cranbury Park 178, 180 Knepp Castle 68
medieval church: Lainston House 181
Nymans 60 old castle of Bramber 62
Racton Monument 97, 116
Treyford church 124
Vandalian Tower, Uppark 128, 129
‘Run of the Downs, The’ , Rewards and Fairies (R. Kipling) 246
Runcton WS 10
Rural Relics Museum, Selborne 148, 249
Rural Rides (W Cobbett) 153
Ruskin, John 102, 145, 259
Russell, Bertrand 133
Russel, Edwin 227, 227
Russell, John 36
Rutherford, Mark 63
Ruysdael, Jacob van 94
Ryder, Sue 145
Rye ES 24, 61
Rysbrack, John Michael 226
sack road 40, 41, 217
Sackville-West, Vita 31, 32
Sainsbury, Simon 242, 243
St Ann’ s Hill, Midhurst 114
St Catherine’ s Hill, mizmaze 157, 167
St Christopher waysign, Treyford 6, 125, 244, 244
St Dunstan 25
St George 47, 113, 126, 127
St Giles’ s Hill, Winchester 157
St Ives CO 166
St James of Compostela 20, 85
St John, Paulet 191
St Leonard 225
St Leonard’ s Forest WS [F2] 27, 66, 225, 227, 227
St Margaret, Queen of Scotland 30
St Michael 47, 113, 126, 127
St Nicholas 30, 106, 106, 107, 198, 253, 253
St Swithun 13, 163, 165
Salisbury 177, 187, 190, 253 cathedral 145, 146
Salmon Shop, West Grinstead 225 Saltways packhorse route 13
Sarsen stone 148, 181
SAVE Britain’ s Heritage 97
Saxon 72, 73
Saxonbury Tower ES 28, 28
Saxton, Hugh 258
SCAR 45
Scarfe, Gerald 134
Scaynes Hill WS [E3] 17, 43, 59, 222
Scott, Sir George Gilbert 55, 149
Scott, Hardiman 59, 87
Scott, Sir Walter 122
Scouting movement 70, 226 SCRIM 15
sculpture gardens/parks 77
Cass Sculpture Foundation 241
Goodwood, Sculpture at [I4] 112
Ockley [G1] 82
Roche Court WI [P2] 190 sculpture trail
Borde Hill 220
Chalk Stones Trail 236, 239
Cuckoo Trail 77
Sustrans 46, 77
Winchester 77
Seabrook, Jane 214
Seaford College WS 102, 104 second-hand bookshops
Billingshurst 7 East Hoathley 214
Halcyon, Haywards Heath 47, 219
Horsham 73
Midhurst 113, 115, 241
New Alresford 157
Petersfield 133
Petworth 93
Winchester 161, 253
Secret Sussex (H Scott) 59, 87
Secret Sussex Resistance (S Angell) 62
Selborne HA [K2] 42, 147, 213, 249, 249, 250
Oates Museum 147
Romany Folklore Museum 148, 250
Rural Relics Museum 148, 250
Selborne Museum 147, 249, 250
Selden, John 94
Selehurst 224
Selham WS [I3] 105
Selhurst School nr Petworth 233, 234
serendipity 111
Sergison, Charles 220
Sergison, family 48, 57, 219, 220 serpent, Owslebury 158, 159 settlements (-ham) 123
Seven Sisters Country Park ES 39
Seymour, Henry 160
Shakespeare, William 10, 133, 154, 229
Shand, Hilary 255
Sharpthorne WS [E2] 44
Shaw, George Bernard 58, 138
Shawford HA 169, 239, 254, 254
Shawford Down HA [N3] 170, 239 daubing stone 170
war memorial 170
Sheet WS [K3] 129, 231
Sheffield Park ES [D3] 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 215, 216, 216
Sheffield Park station 35
Shelley, Percy Bysshe 35, 57, 70, 72, 73
Shepard, E. H. 105
Shermanbury WS 225
Shield, Wiliam 209
Shillinglee Park WS 94
Shimmings Valley 19, 91, 92, 93
Shipley WS [G3] 15, 67, 69, 226, 239
detour 14
Mrs Shipley 69
shopmobility, Winchester 156
Shoreham airport 219, 219
Shute, Nevil 133 sign-post
Newick 19
Poundford 196
Treyford 6, 125
Silchester HA 12, 194
Silkstede, Prior Thomas 166, 253, 253
Singleton WS [J4] 106, 108, 240
Sint Nicolaas 106
Sirgood, John 83
Sissinghurst Castle 24
Skelton, John 72
Slaugham WS [F3] 61, 62, 223
Slaugham Place 62
Slindon WS [I5] 87, 88
Small Dole WS [F4] 62
Smirke, Robert 209
Smith, Charlotte 93, 122
smock-mills 68
smuggler’ s tracks 258, 259
Sneath, Rochester 233, 234
Soane, Sir John 95
Solent Way 187
Somborne, the, HA [O2] 183
Some Aspects of Langrish Life through the Ages (E Hickox) 143
Sopwith, Sir Thomas 256
Sotheby’ s, Billingshurst 75, 231
South Ambersham WS 105, 237
South Country, The (E Thomas) 10, 11, 142
South Downs 9, 12, 14, 18, 36, 37, 45, 95, 111, 114, 122, 126, 127, 128, 130, 135, 194, 208, 233, 236, 237, 239, 241
South Downs National Park 241 South Downs Way 12, 39, 72, 102, 105, 126, 142, 145, 146, 152, 194
South Downs Ridgeway 12 South Harting WS [K3-4] 126, 245 South of England Show 45
Southampton HA [N4] 13, 154, 165, 176, 178, 194
Southease ES 31
Southwater WS [G3] 75, 229, 229, 230, 231, 231 church window 74, 76
Iguanodon 230, 231, 231
Sparsholt HA [N2] 73, 180, 181, 254, 255 post office stores 183 squints 34, 74, 75, 86, 160, 178, 179, 256
staddle-stones 108, 183, 240 stained glass 26 Buxted 198 East Hoathly 214 Haslemere 113
Itchen Stoke 164
King’ s Somborne 255 Lodsworth 106, 210 Lurgashall 108, 224, 239 Midhurst 113 Shipley 70, 226 Southwater 74, 76 Stansted chapel 115 Stoke Charity 178 Sullington 67 Tillington 102, 103 Twyford 252 Winchester, 253, 253
Standen WS [E2] 26, 45
Stane Street 12, 13, 73, 75, 82, 143, 194, 228
Stane Street, A Monogram, The (H Belloc) 228
Stansted Park WS 108, 115, 116, 241, 242
Garden in Mind 116, 242
Staplefield WS [F3] 61
Staunton Country Park HA 134, 135
Staunton Way 135, 194
Stedham WS [J3] 122, 123, 243
Steep HA [K3] 11, 129, 142, 248
Steinbeck, John 48, 133
Stephen, Thoby & Adrian 39 Stephenson Clarke, family 54 Sternhold, Thomas 176
Stevens, F. E. 158
Stewart, Hannah Holmes 225, 227, 231, 231
Stewartby BD 230
Steyning WS [G4] 63, 71, 223, 231
Stickings, John 123, 243
Sticks, folk music 217
Stinton, Geoffrey 235, 235
Stockbridge Down 184, 258
Stockbridge HA [O2] 10, 13, 17, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 184, 188, 186, 187, 193, 194, 195, 228, 258
Drovers House 191, 193 former end of A272 186 stocks
Bolney 6
Gravety Manor 44
Ninfield 38, 38 South Harting 126
Thakeham 73
West Chiltington 74
Stoke Charity HA [N2] 174, 178 squint 179
stone circle, Bramdean 14
Stonehenge 12, 148, 191
Stoneywish Country Park, Ditchling 45
stoolball 63, 223, 223, 224, 224
Stopham bridge 84
Stopham House 85 stopped (coaches) 14
Stor, river 83
Storrington WS [H4] 67
Strachey, Lytton 39
Stratton Park HA 155
Strood Green WS 87
Stroud HA [K3] 142, 148
Stuart 129
Stubbs, George 111
stupa, Chithurst 127
Stuttig, Frederick 244
Sullington WS [G-H4] 67
Summer Hill Corner ES 25 summerhouse
Brightling 24
Houghton Lodge 258
Longstock 256
Mottisfont Abbey 188
Sheffield Park 40
Wappingthorn water-tower 64, 65
Warnford Park 97 West Dean 107
Woolbeding House 242, 242, 243
Sumner, Mary 252
Summers Place, Billingshurst 75, 231
sundials
Bolney 61
Corhampton 152, 152, 153, 250
Horsham 72, 227, 227, 239
Midhurst 112
Old Alresford 160
Warnford 150, 250, 250
Surrey Sculpture Society 220
Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society 93
Sussex books 9
Sussex Book Club 208
Sussex Bonfire Society 210
Sussex Border Path 42, 48, 127, 194
Sussex by the Sea (R Kipling) 25
Sussex cap 30
Sussex Family History Group 60
Sussex Guild of Craftsmen 32
Sussex Highway, A (R Cobb) 259
Sussex Industrial History 95
Sussex maps (R Budgen) 15 (W. Gardner & T. Gream) 15 (C & J Greenwood) 15
Sussex marble 74, 75, 88, 218
Sussex Stone, the Story of Horsham Stone and Sussex Marble (R Birch) 218
Sussex Story, The (D Arscott) 9
Sussex Wildlife Trust 62, 88, 212, 234, 243
Sustrans 27, 46, 77, 186, 218, 219
Sutton WS [I4] 93
Sutton End WS 93
Sutton, Philip 240
Sutton Scotney AH [N1-2] 177, 179, 255
Swan Song (J Galsworthy) 87
Swan Walk, Horsham 69 Swift, Jonathan 231
Symonds, Peter 229
Tablet (Farley Mount) 180, 181
Tales from the Sundial (J Knight) 227
Talman, William 129, 241
Tapestries Bayeux 59, 185 John Piper, Chichester cathedral 116
Millennium, East & North Marden 239
Test Valley, Andover 59, 185 Titchfield Millennium 216 Tatchell, Frank 116 Taylor, Sir Charles 124 Taylor, John, the Water Poet 223, 231, 236 techniques (road construction) 14, 15 teddy bears 132, 133, 247, 247 Telegraph Hill, crop circle 153 Telegraph Hills 259 Telford, Thomas 14, 15 Temple Grove, Heron’ s Ghyll 33 temples
Abbey Gardens, Winchester Benbow Pond 238, 238 Bignor Park 235, 235 Brightling 24, 208, 209 Buddhist, Chithurst 127, 127 Collector Earl’ s Garden, Arundel 231, 232, 232 Druidic, Twyford 252 Hinton Ampner 150, 151, 151 Nymans Gardens 59 pagan, Chithurst 127 Parham 69
Petworth Park 95
Romano-British, Chanctonbury Ring 64 of the Winds, Black Down 111, 113
temple-like mausoleum, Old Alresford 160
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord 64, 108, 110, 113, 131, 240
Terwick WS 125, 244
Terwick Common church 125, 126, 206, 207, 229
Tess of the d’Urbervilles (T Hardy) 156, 157
test for readers 193
Test, river 179, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 189
Test Valley Tapestry, Andover 59, 185
Test Way 183, 186, 187, 188, 194
Tester, Scan 217
text (Stockbridge bridge) 190
Thackeray, William Makepeace 182, 183
Thakeham WS [G4] 71, 73 Thatcher, Margaret 152
Thesaurus (P Roget) 209
Thetcher, Grenadier Thomas 166
Thomas à Becket, St 8 13
Thomas, Edward 9, 10, 11,67, 142, 153, 168, 259
Thompson, Flora 246
Thompson, Francis 70
Thompson, Harold 75
Thoughts of a Dying Man (M. Myers) 208
Three Maids Hill HA 178
Tichborne HA [M2] 161 church monument 162
Tichborne, family 84, 162
Tichborne, Sir Roger 84
TICs 11
Tillington WS [I3] 102, 237 church 102, 102 church window 102
Time Machine, The (H G Wells) 112, 130
Timothy Tortoise 213
Tissier, Matt le 153
Titchfield HA 10, 222 tithe barns 67, 84, 85 Sullington 67 Wisborough Green 85
Toat Monument, Pulborough 82, 83
Tolkien, J. R. R. 134
toll houses 16, 16, 68, 69 near Lewes 68 Midhurst 122 Newick 37 Shipley 14, 15, 69 near Worthing 68
Tom Brown’ s Schooldays (T Hughes) 163
tomb, Fitzalan, Chichester 116
Tomkins, Gabriel 25
Tonbridge KE 225
Tono-Bungay (H. G. Wells) 112, 130
Tottington Manor, Small Dole 62
Totton HA 187
Tour de France 1994 36, 120, 135 tourist offices 11 I
towers
Babel 158, 159, 160
Chatley Heath telegraph tower 259, 259
Cranbury Park Castle 178, 180 Deer Tower, nr Northchapel 94 Dower House, Crawley Court 184
Folly Hill 167
Gardener’ s, Rotherfield Park, East Tisted 152 Gibraltar, Heathfield Park 26, 210, 211, 211 Haywards Heath 46 hermit’ s, Brightling 24
Hiorne, Arundel 76, 76 Hopton, Hambledon 154, 155 Hurstpierpoint 55
Jullian’ s Folly, East Hoathly 214, 214
Pitshill 103, 104
St Mark’ s, Horsham 68, 198 Selehurst sham Gothic tower 224, 224
Toat Monument 82, 83
Uppark, Vandalian Tower 128, 129
Upperton Moument, Petworth Park 95, 96, 102 Vandalian Tower, Uppark 128, 129
Tower Hill, Horsham 73, 196, 227
Tower House, Cuckfield 55
Tower House, Newick 38 tower-mills 68 traffic arrangements, Winchester 169
Traherne, Margaret 70 travel books 9
Travel in England (T Burke) 92
Trees of Britain (A Mitchell) 151
Treyford WS [J4] 6, 124, 244
St Christopher 6, 125, 244, 244
Trollope, Anthony 128
Trotton WS [I3] 122, 123, 124, 259 bridge 124, 243
Trumpet at a Distant Gate (T Mowl) 216
Trundle, The, WS 113
Tuck, Nan 28
Tudor 46
Tulip Folly, Woolbeding 122, 243 tumuli 122, 123
Turner Dumbrell workshops, Ditchling 43
Turner, J. M. W. 94, 95, 209 Turner, Thomas 213, 214 Turners Hill WS 221
Turnpike Gallery, Petersfield 133 turnpikes 14
Turpin, Dick 14, 55
Tuxlith chapel 247
Twineham WS [F3] 10, 57
Twineham, Quakers’ corner 57
Twort, Flora Caroline 132, 133, 248
Twyford HA [N3] 154, 163, 164, 170, 252, 252
Twyford Down 162, 163
Tytherleys, the HA 191
Uck, river 25, 194
Uckfield ES [D3] 10, 16, 17, 18, 20, 25, 31, 194, 210, 211, 212, 215
Ulfilas/Wulfila, bishop 33
Uncle Dynamite (P G Wodehouse) 245
Unexplained Phenomena Research Society 152
unidentified object 193
Up in the Wind (E Thomas) 142
Up Marden WS [K4] 132
Up Somborne HA 183
Upham HA [M3] 155, 156, 251 pig 157, 251
Uppark WS [K4] 128, 129, 241 the Urn 130
Vandalian Tower 129
Upper Beeding WS 96
Upper Clatford HA [O1] 183
Upper Farringdon HA [K2] 149
Upperton WS [I3] 102
Upperton Monument 95, 96, 102
Utrecht (NL) 247 vamping horn 216, 217
Vanbrugh, Sir John 155
Vandalian Tower, Uppark 129
Vanity Fair (W M Thackeray) 183
Vay, Benedict le 210, 255
Verica, King 159, 161
Victoria, Queen 34, 36, 94
Victorian 76 village signs
Ansty 59, 221
Billingshurst 228, 228
Cowfold 62
Haywards Heath 47
Kirdford 86
Mayfield 24
Newick 37, 40
Warninglid 64
Villiers Shelley family 33 vineyards 42, 43
Barkham Manor 36, 73, 215
Bishop’ s Walton 155
Bookers, Bolney 223
Chilsdown, nr Singleton 106
Rock Lodge, Scaynes Hill 43
Vision of Britain, A (Prince Charles) 50
Vitruvius 109
Wadhurst [ES] 208
Wagner’ s Folly, Brighton 47 wagon roofs 74, 75
Wakehurst Place WS [E2] 29, 56
Walberton WS 10
Walderton WS 10
Waldron ES 212
Walk-around Guide, A, Winchester 163, 253
walking trails Butser Hill 142 walks, long-distance, Winchester 159
walkways, long-distance 194
Wallop, brook 187, 189, 192
Wallops, the, HA [O-P2] 189
Walpole, Horace 15, 110, 111
Walstead WS 48
Walton, Izaak 165, 253, 253
Wappingthorn Farm WS 63, 217
Wappingthorn water-tower 64, 65, 224
war memorials 126, 127
Alton 126, 148
Buxted 30, 31
Clayton 126
Coolham 71
Cuckfield 56
Haywards Heath 46, 48
Horsham 227
King’ s Somborne 186
Lindfield 47
Lynch 239, 239, 245
Midhurst 113
North Chailey 42
Patcham (Chattri) 48
Rogate 126, 127 Shawford Down 170
South Harting 127
Stockbridge 258
Warbleton ES 10, 25
Warnford HA [L3] 149, 250, 250 grave 150
Warnford Park HA 97, 149, 233
Warnham WS [G2] 73
Warnham Court 73, 228
Warninglid WS [F3] 63
Wartling ES 212
Warren, Colonel 62
Warren, Ivor 218
Washbrooks Farm, Hurstpierpoint 56
water towers near Bepton 122
Brockwood Park 147
Cowdray 110
Cowfold 65
Cranbury Park 169
Goodworth (Upper) Clatford 183, 184, 255
Haywards Heath 46
Lillington, Leweston 224
Otterbourne 169
Wappingthorn Farm 64, 65, 224
Water Babies, The (C Kingsley) 55, 157
Watercress Line HA [L-M2] 161
Wates, Rosalind 135
Wayfarers’ Walk 150, 187, 194
Weald, The 12, 27, 136
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton [J4] 109, 240, 240, 241, 241
Wealden 26, 27
Webb, Philip 45
Weeke HA 180
Red Cross History Museum 180
Weeke’ s Folly, Hurstpierpoint 55
Weeke, Richard 55
welcome 10
Wellington, Duke of 34
Wellingtonia 144, 249
Wells, H. G. 112, 122, 124, 126, 129
Wendy House, Parham 68, 69
Wessex 182, 236
West Burton WS [I4] 89, 90
Coke’ s House 90
West Chiltington WS [H4] 74
West Chiltington Museum 74
West Dean WS [J4] 106, 239, 240
West Dean College 106, 239, 240
West Grinstead WS [G3] 13, 65, 199, 222, 225, 226, 226
West Harting WS 126
West Hoathly WS [E2] 43, 62
church and lychgate 44
West Liss HA [K3] 136
West Marden WS [K4] 132
West Meon HA [L3] 148
West Meon Hut 145, 147, 173, 249
West Sussex Literary Trail (P. Anderson & K McKenna) 208
Westbrook, Harriet 72
Westgate Museum, Winchester 165
Westmeston ES 259
Westminster Hall, London 210 westward 8
Westward Ho! DV 8
Wey and Arun Canal 82, 83
Wey and Arun Canal Trust 83
Wey South Path 72, 194
Weyden, Rogier van der 94
Wheeler’s bookshop, Midhurst 241
Wheels of Chance, The (H G Wells) 112
Wheler, Francis and Edith (Viscount and Viscountess Hood) 26
When the Whistle Blew 222, 223
Wherwell HA [O1] 183, 255, 255 mausoleum 183 whipping posts Ninfield 38 South Harting 126 Thakeham 73, 74
West Chiltington 74
Whistler, Laurence 144
Whistler, Rex 188
White Horse, Chilgrove 188, 256, 257, 257
White Horse, Litlington 39
White, Gilbert 146, 146, 147, 213, 249, 249, 250, 250
Wiggonholt WS 75
Wild Garden, The (W Robinson) 44
Wilderness Wood ES 25
Wilkins, William 153
William, Glyn 162
William I, King, the Conquerer 31, 32, 41, 59, 103, 105, 115, 158, 164, 212
William III, King 32, 90, 91, 129, 131, 131, 132, 246, 246, 247, 248
willow pattern 209, 234, 234, 235
Wilmington Long Man ES [C5] 39, 39
Wilmington pub sign 39
Wilmington Giant, The (R Castleden) 40
Wills, Dixe 252
Winchester HA [N2-3] 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 124, 128, 129, 142, 143, 151, 154, 157, 176, 179, 181, 182, 207, 208, 216, 249, 251, 252, 253, 253, 254, 254
Winchester, cont
Broadway, the 161, 164, 165
Butter Cross 164, 165
cathedral 86, 164, 168, 252, 253, 253 font 235, 253 monument, William Walker 165 Silkstede (Fisherman’s) Chapel 166, 253, 253
Cheney Court 167
Christ’ s Hospital 169 city map 159
Horse and Rider 160 Hospital of St Cross 169, 253, 253
Intech 168, 199, 250, 251
King Alfred statue 160, 161, 164, 167
Mother and Child 162 Old Minster 13
St Catherine’ s Hill 157, 158, 160, 167, 177, 178
St Giles’ s Hill 156, 164
St John’ s Hospital 223 water mill 160, 167, 253
Winchester, cont Westgate 161, 165
Winchester College 167 Winchester Hoard 251
Winchester to Canterbury 13, 18, 28, 29, 31, 130, 143, 180, 194, 216
Wind in the Willows, The (K Grahame) 105
Windebank, Mary, tombstone of 140, 151
Windlesham Manor WS 26 windmills 41, 68, 69, 201
Wineham WS [F3] 10, 57, 58
Winnie-the-Pooh (A A Milne) 32, 105
Wireless Museum, Lindfield 48 Wisborough Green WS [H3] 16, 19, 20, 59, 73, 83, 125 church 85 mural 20
Withyham ES [D2] 31
Wivelsfield ES [E3] 41
Wodehouse, P G 127, 128, 245, 258
Wollstonecraft, Mary 72
Wonston HA 180
Woodlands HA 148
Woodmansgreen WS 130 Woodmansgreen Farm 128
Woods Mill, Small Dole 62 woods, Milland 136
Woolavington WS 103
Woolbeding WS [J3] 122, 124, 242, 243, 258, 259 Tulip Folly 122, 243 Woolbury Camp 185
Woolbury Hill HA [O2] 184, 188
Woolbury Horse hill figure 184
Woolley, Sir Leonard 158
Woolf, Leonard 39
Woolf, Virginia 31, 38, 39
Woolmer Forest HA [K2-3] 131, 246
Wordsworth, William 10, 122
Worth WS [F2] 57, 72
Worthys, the, HA [N-M2] 176
Wren, Sir Christopher 129 Wrest Park BE 234
Wyatt, James 35, 38, 40, 106, 110
A272 - An Ode to a Road
Wych Cross ES [D2] 28
Wykehurst Place, Bolney 61
Wyndham WS 57, 249
Wyvern 45
Yeats, W B 28, 76 Yew Tree Campaign 151 yew trees 151, 153, 233
Yonge, Charlotte Mary 169
Young, Andrew 250
Young, Arthur 208
Young, Edward 154, 155 youth hostel, Winchester 167, 253
Z to Z of Great Britain, The (D. Wills) 252
Zetter, Ms Helen 92 ziggurat 158, 159
Zion Hill Farm, near Chandler’ s Ford 252
Zoar Chapel, Wisborough Green 86, 125
zoos
Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare 33
Drusillas Park 39
Marwell Zoological Park 157, 251
Text, photographs and design © Pieter Boogaart 2000, 2002, © Pieter and Rita Boogaart 2004, 2011, 2013
The moral right of the authors has been asserted
Drawing on p. 91 by Andrew Plumridge and on p. 234 by Nicholas Bentley. Other drawings by Rita Boogaart
An Arundel Tomb, by Philip Larkin reproduced by kind permission of Faber and Faber
Maps by the wonderful Ted Hammond, sorely missed, with additional lettering by Mary Spence
Scanning by Olympic Press, London
Editor: Alexander Fyjis-Walker
Assistants: Jenny Wilson, Barbara Fyjis-Walker and Ava Li, Design editor: James Sutton
Special thanks to the late Richard Fyjis-Walker, to whom the publisher dedicates his work on this book
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