Maresfield History Resource

Tag: 1920s

  • 1924 sale of Maresfield Park

    1924 sale of Maresfield Park

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    After the end of WW1, the UK government sold off the Maresfield Park estate which had been confiscated from Prince Münster. On 18th September 1924, the Public Trustee sold the 2,643 acres of the Maresfield Park estate to William Abbey of Uckfield House for £61,714 (£3.4M in 2026). Just one week later, on 25th September…

  • A Boys Eye View of Maresfield in the 1920s and ’30s

    A Boys Eye View of Maresfield in the 1920s and ’30s

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    by Gordon Marsh. First published in 2003 by Maresfield Conservation Group. IN JULY 1928 the Marsh family — Dad, Mum, Marjorie and I — moved from a tied cottage on a farm in Laughton to the then growing village of Maresfield. It was a good move so far as I was concerned. It had been…