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1924 sale of Maresfield Park
After the end of WW1, the UK government sold off the Maresfield Park estate which had been confiscated from Prince …
The Stable Block
Prince Münster built a large stable block in 1900-1901, which is now divided into three properties – Southern Cottage, The …
Maresfield Park Mansion
Maresfield Park evolved during the 18th century and belonged to John Newnham who lived at ‘Strethouse’ opposite the church (site …
The Lodge, Maresfield Park
In the centre of the village is the Victorian gargoyle lodge with an archway diagonally set in the angle between …
Marshall’s Manor
A legacy of the Sussex Iron Industry, this splendid house in Horney Common was an Iron Master’s home and one …
The Old Parish Workhouse
Paddock Farm on the Tunbridge Wells road near Fairwarp Crossroads (on the left, just after the turning to Old Forge …
Tollgates and Turnpikes
The page from the seventeenth edition of “Patersons Roads” of April, 1824 by Edward Mogg shows there was a turnpike …
Ashdown Forest
In Saxon times, areas of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire formed The Forest of Anderida or Forest of Pevensey. Ashdown …
Lampool – The Pool – The Hole House
The three varying names reflect the geographical position of the property. It is certainly one of the older houses in …
The Deadman family at Powder Mills Cottages
About 1900 James Deadman (born 1856) from Chiddingly, who had married Rose Mary Thompson at Bodle St. Green in 1891 …
The First Muzzle-Loading Cannon : Buxted or Maresfield?
Originally published by John Wrake in June 1999, as “Maresfield HISTORICAL SOCIETY : OCCASIONAL PAPERS 2” GUNFOUNDING IN SUSSEX. To …
A Boys Eye View of Maresfield in the 1920s and ’30s
by Gordon Marsh. First published in 2003 by Maresfield Conservation Group. IN JULY 1928 the Marsh family — Dad, Mum, …
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