April 2012 (issue 126) - The Sussex Archaeological Society

N u m b e r 1 2 6 A p r i l 2 0 1 2
Archaeology Round-up
Butser Ancient Farm
The Role of ESAMP
Members’ Discussions Feedback
Wreck of the Fairfax
Rocky Clump Excavation
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Membership Matters
MEMBERSHIP
OPENING LINES
Opening Lines
Lorna’s Notebook
A round-up of all that’s new in the membership department
Welcome to the April edition of
Sussex Past & Present.
Saturday 14 April: Battle of
Lewes conference
This conference has proved
very popular, but our venue this
year, Lewes Town Hall, is large
enough that we do still have room
for more. Although tickets should
be available on the door, advance
booking is recommended as we will
be preparing delegate handbooks
for all those attending, and while
we do always have a few spares,
we cannot guarantee a handbook
to everyone who turns up on the
day without having confirmed their
attendance in advance. For more
information and how to book,
please see the centre pages of this
newsletter.
Saturday 16 June: Society
AGM
The Society’s AGM will be held
this year in Lewes, and the AGM
papers are enclosed with your
newsletter. Please read the papers
carefully, and also refer to page
four of this newsletter for more
information. We have, as always
organised lunch and some events
in the afternoon following the
AGM, details of which are in the
Noticeboard section (centre pages).
We do need you to book and pay
in advance for lunch, and you are
also asked to book in advance for
the afternoon events as, although
these are free, we do need to know
how many people to expect.
Saturday 22 September:
Piltdown conference
Our autumn conference this
year at Lewes Town Hall marks
the centenary of the Piltdown
‘discovery’ with a look at the hoax,
the possible perpetrators and the
results of exciting new detective
work into the methods and motives
of those involved. One hundred
years on, Piltdown remains an
internationally infamous case of
scientific fraud which still holds
a grip on the public imagination.
The relationship of the Society itself
to the fraud will be explored and
the case against specific suspects
presented. The conference will
also provide a chance to consider
the true nature of the early Stone
Age record in Sussex from the
internationally important Boxgrove
site to as yet under-researched
Neanderthal sites.
Please see the enclosed leaflet
for further details of the programme
and how to book.
Visiting our Properties
My usual reminder at this time
of year - do remember that if you
are planning to visit any of our
properties you must have a valid
membership card to show at
the admissions desk in order to
gain free entry. If you don’t you
will be asked to pay the normal
admission price and this cannot be
subsequently refunded. Please do
not get cross with our admissions
staff if you have forgotten to check
that you have a current card with
you before setting off! There has
been some confusion recently about
the number of children who are
granted free admission on a family
membership card so please note
that we restrict this to a maximum
of four children. Don’t forget that
if you have internet access you
can check opening hours at all our
properties on-line by visiting www.
sussexpast.co.uk Remember that
your membership card also gives
you half-price entry to English
Heritage properties in Sussex,
Kent and Surrey (the EH staff may
need to refer to Sussex Past when
confirming the discount). A list of
the properties covered by this offer
can be found on our website, or call
me for more information.
Easy Fundraising.org
As you will be aware, the Society is
keen to maximise every opportunity
to bring in additional funds, so may
I remind you to shop online via
the www.easyfundraising.org.uk
website. The site has established
links with many reputable retailers
who will make a small donation
to the Society if you register with
www.easyfundraising.org.uk first
and select Sussex Archaeological
Society as your good cause. There
are no additional costs to you as the
consumer, and you still buy directly
from the retailers’ own websites
– the only difference is that you
reach your chosen retailer’s site by
clicking through easyfundraising.
org first. Amazon, British Airways,
John Lewis and Boots the Chemist
are among the hundreds of retailers
who participate, and every donation,
however small, helps!
Lorna Gartside
Membership Secretary
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SUSSEX
Past &
Present
The Sussex Archaeological
Society Newsletter
N u m b e r 1 2 6
A P R I L 2 0 1 2
Contents
2 Membership Matters
3 Opening Lines
4 Members’ Feedback
5 The Role of ESAMP
6 Archaeology Round-up
7 David Atkinson Obituary
8 Wreck of the Fairfax
9 Peter Brandon Obituary
10 Butser Ancient Farm
11 Battle of Lewes Embroidery
12 Library News
13 Rocky Clump Excavation
14 Book Reviews
15 Book Reviews
16 Snippets
Published by the Sussex
Archaeological Society, Bull
House, Lewes, E Sussex, BN71XH
Tel: 01273 486260
Fax: 01273 486990
Email: lamo@sussexpast.co.uk
Editor: Wendy Muriel
Email: spp@sussexpast.co.uk
Research Editor: Luke Barber
ISSN 1357-7417
Cover: Marlipins museum,
Shoreham-by-Sea
Photo: W Muriel
Your Society
Preparing for the new season
In the last month or so Tristan Bareham, the Chief Executive of the
Society, and I have had a most interesting and rewarding time meeting
members and hearing their ideas and views. There is a report about these
meetings for you to read in the following pages. It was a great privilege
to meet so many interesting and well-informed people.
Winter is an apparently quiet time in the properties but there is a great
deal to catch up on and a great deal of preparation to do for the new
season. I know there is a lot going on at Anne of Cleves House because
the Friends of Anne of Cleves House have been helping to do it. A team of
Friends have been cleaning, painting and polishing. At Michelham Priory
Emma O’Connor, our Museums Officer, has been hard at work redesigning
all the displays to give the house a fresh new look. Thanks must go to
the Michelham Friends who have provided enormous financial, moral
and practical support as well to ensure this lovely property realizes its
full potential. I know groups of Friends in our other properties are also
working hard to ensure the well-being of their particular property.
The exciting news is that, by the time you read this, the new website
for the Society will be live. The new site will ensure that more people
will be able to get rapid information about the wonders of the Society’s
facilities and collections. Congratulations to Ruth Sutton, the Society’s
Marketing Officer, who has been the main talent behind all this. I know it
has been an enormous amount of work. I am a lover of the printed word
- the hundreds of books in my collection are proof of this - but the internet
is a wonderful means of reaching large numbers of people. I am very keen
that we attract plenty of new members because members of all types are
so important to the Society. We Trustees are also members and we look
to you, the membership, for new recruits to join us. It is an interesting and
rewarding experience being a Trustee or being a co-opted member of a
committee or Council (and I have not been paid to state that!). Trustees
are very busy at present supporting and aiding the Society through this
challenging phase of its existence.
I hope all you members have a wonderful spring and enjoy all that
the Sussex Archaeological Society has to offer. Please try to help us by
recruiting more members to the Society, or offer yourself as a potential
co-opted member of one of the very active committees, or even Council
which is working very hard as always. Feel free to contact Tristan to find
out more about the options available.
Very best wishes.
Jane Vokins
Chair of Council
Sussex Past & Present April 2012
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Feature
MEMBERS’ FEEDBACK
ESAMP
Research Feature
The Way Forward?
Feedback from the Members’ discussions and survey
Over the last couple of months there have been three membership discussion sessions and a members’
survey looking at aspects of Sussex Archaeological Collections and Sussex Past & Present. These are part
of a wider process designed to help increase communication and understanding between members, staff and
Trustees, particularly as we consider the future challenges and opportunities which the Society faces.
Discussion sessions
The sessions held at Fishbourne and in Lewes were attended by 75 members and a very wide range of topics
was discussed and recorded. Each session involved a presentation followed by a question and answer session.
The sessions produced a great deal of positive responses and ideas. Some of the key approaches which have
been adopted are outlined below.
As an organisation we will:
- act in a unified way and work towards maintaining and ensuring the wellbeing of all of the current functions
of the Society. However, we will consider doing some things in new ways.
- harness the full potential of the people and groups within the wider organisation – our staff, members,
Trustees, volunteers and Friends groups.
- be more professional and businesslike in our income generating activities, particularly in the property based
side of our organisation.
The full presentation and details of questions and answers from the meetings are on the members’ section*
of the Society’s new website (www.sussexpast.co.uk).
Whilst climbing the stairs to
reach the Parlour in Anne of
Cleves House Museum at Lewes,
visitors may have noticed the office
of the East Sussex Archaeology and
Museums Partnership (ESAMP),
a collaborative initiative between
East Sussex County Council and
the Sussex Archaeological Society.
ESAMP has been a partner of the
Society since 1984. It has two main
aims:
• To provide training and learning
opportunities for adults within
the heritage sector.
• To make the rich cultural and
environmental heritage of Sussex
accessible to the wider public.
The Role of ESAMP
Training opportunities & community engagement
Members’ survey
In the region of 900 membership questionnaires relating to aspects of SAC and SP&P have been sent
out; there have been 345 responses. For those members who have not had the opportunity to complete the
questionnaire, the blank form is in the members’ area* of the website and it can also be obtained from the
Membership Secretary. In some cases simple yes and no responses were asked for, however many members
offered further comments.
Q. Would you be willing to pay £15-£20 in addition to your current subscription for the Sussex Archaeological
Collections?
A. Yes: 118 No: 227
Q. Would you be willing to receive Sussex Past & Present electronically?
A. Yes: 213 No: 129
In relation to SAC, many of those who said yes, and also those who said no, to paying a further premium for
SAC said that it was core to their reason for being a member. Some rejected paying a premium as they did not
wish to receive the Collections at all, and quite a number said they would prefer to be able to download some
or all of the articles electronically.
As regards receiving SP&P electronically, of those who said no, the main reason was a lack of computer
access. Of those who said yes, many felt it was a logical step but expressed regret as they enjoyed the present
format of SP&P.
All of the responses will be examined by the Trustees and they may result in proposals regarding SAC and
SP&P which will be put to members at the forthcoming AGM.
Jane, Lorna and I would like to thank all of you who have participated in the discussion sessions/surveys. The
wide range of views and comment will enrich and inform the discussions to be held about how we progress.
Please do look at the members’ section* on the website and we will continue the dialogue with members as we
move forwards.
Tristan Bareham
Chief Executive Officer
*You will need a password to access this. If you had the password for the old membersnet, this is still valid. Otherwise please contact
Lorna Gartside on members@sussexpast.co.uk to request the password.
Training
ESAMP has developed a network
of partnerships across Sussex which
provide a wide range of training
and volunteering programmes
designed to give participants the
skills and confidence to embark on
careers within the archaeological,
museums and environmental
sectors. One such opportunity
has been placements at Barbican
House Museum where the trainees’
main role is to help support Society
staff in the cataloguing of the
large archaeological collection.
The skills gained from this provide
an excellent grounding for many
roles within museum work and
other areas where information
classification and retrieval skills
are used. This training work has
been extremely successful and
ESAMP has regularly received
commendations from Ofsted for
being an outstanding training
provider with results at the very
top end of national performance.
Currently six Society staff have
come via ESAMP, the most recent
of these being Jo Grocott, our new
A pottery demonstration at the Celtic Festival, Michelham Priory.
Marketing Officer at Michelham
Priory.
Community engagement
ESAMP offers a wide range of
opportunities which enable local
people to explore their local cultural
heritage.
Learning how animal skins were prepared.
Photo: P Parker
This is achieved through a
series of public events, university
courses, museums displays, public
workshops, community education
events and reconstruction building
projects. A number of these are
Photo: P Parker
run in partnership with the Society
including the May Day Celtic
Family Festival at Michelham Priory
and Tudor Craft days at Anne of
Cleves House. The Celtic Festival
is a family-centred two-day craft
and activity event that has been
run every year for the last 18
years at Michelham. Every year
ESAMP engages with some 20,000
people in these opportunities.
ESAMP is currently helping in the
reinterpretation work being carried
out at Michelham Priory.
Further information on the
complete range of ESAMP’s
activities can be found on their
website at www.esamp.com or by
contacting the manager Christabel
Shelley at esamp@eastsussex.
gov.uk.
Tristan Bareham
Sussex Past & Present April 2012
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Excavations
ARCHAEOLOGY ROUND-UP
DAVID ATKINSON
Obituary
What’s Going On in Sussex
A round-up of local archaeological excavations
The following gives brief details
of some of the more interesting
sites and discoveries made in the last
few months as well as forthcoming
volunteer opportunities. Summaries
of all archaeological work that I am
aware of, even if devoid of finds, are
to be found on the website under
the Research page ‘What’s been
happening in Sussex Archaeology’.
Volunteer opportunities are
highlighted (*) where known. For
information on particular sites
contact the responsible body
(abbreviated in brackets at the end
of each report) whose details are
given on the web-pages, where
the key to the abbreviations is also
to be found. If you do not have
access to the web then you should
contact me on 01273-405733 or
research@sussexpast.co.uk
East Sussex
Luke Barber
Research Officer
*Barcombe Bath House. Excavations
concentrated on the north furnace
area and the most westerly room.
Both areas proved to be multiphase
structures which are still not
fully resolved and a fifth year of
excavation (2012) is now probable.
The westerly room’s use is still in
question as there is no proof of it
being a swimming pool other than
a corner drain and the double
walling. In 2012 it is also hoped to
survey an area which produced a
Bronze Age wooden stake during
sampling in 2010. (David Rudling
CCE/MSFAT)
*Bishopstone Tidemills. Excavations
in the former allotment area
uncovered evidence of late 19thto
20th-century manuring, the
original steps into the allotment
from the road and two structures.
The main structure, which does
not appear on any of the maps and
photos, proved to be a pineapple
pit – a sort of heated greenhouse.
This appears to be only the second
The re-excavation of the Roman Bathhouse at Tower Street, Chichester.
Photo: Archaeology South-East
excavated in the country – with
the other at the Lost Gardens of
Heligan. The structure was first
heated with decaying manure and
later with a hot air flue system. It is
likely the structure was the work of
William Catt, an ardent fruit grower.
Fieldwork will resume in May.
(SAS)
*Brede High Woods. This
community archaeology project
is now underway. To date the site
of Brede High Farm has been
examined, a magnetometer survey
of a possible Roman ironworking
site and a walkover survey of an
early 20th-century hop pickers’
camp have been undertaken. More
fieldwork days are planned over
the next few months, including
the excavation of some test-pits
at the ironworking site and at the
hop pickers’ camp and excavation
over a three-week period is
planned at the farm in May. If you
would like to take part, please
complete the application form
on the website at www.cbasltd.
co.uk/communityarchaeology and
send it to brede@cbasltd.co.uk or
by post to the address on the form.
(CBAS)
Firle, South-East Water pipeline
scheme. A range of features have
been revealed including prehistoric
pits containing assemblages of
Middle Neolithic Peterborough Ware
and Late Bronze Age undecorated
post Deverel-Rimbury pottery. (Kent
Archaeology Projects)
*Ore, Old St Helen’s Church. A
community excavation has been
arranged to help answer some
questions about the origins and
history of this picturesque ruined
church at Ore, Hastings. The
excavation will run from the 2nd
April through to the 28th April, and
is being managed by CBAS Ltd
for Sussex Heritage Trust. There
will be opportunities for volunteers
to be involved in the excavation,
or help clean and process the
artefacts we find. If you would like
to volunteer for this excavation,
please complete the application
form on our website www.cbaltd.
co.uk/communityarchaeology.
co.uk. and send it to osh@cbaltd.
co.uk or by post to the address on
the form.
Robertsbridge, Robertsbridge
Abbey. Geophysical work,
enhancing an earlier excavation/
evaluation survey, have revealed
previously unknown building
footprints with some features
apparently running outside the
Scheduled area. (HAARG)
Stanmer House, Stanmer Park.
A two-phase excavation has been
undertaken on the remains of a
Jacobean manor house and service
range to the rear of the re-modelled
early 18th-century mansion. The
aims were to establish the phasing of
the lost wing which was demolished
in the 1960s. A succession of remodelled
and extended rooms,
inserted chimneys, systems of
water management etc. were
revealed, with evidence of raised
floor levels, re-used worked stone
within brickwork and two bread
ovens. (ASE)
West Sussex
Chichester, Tower Street. Work
has now been completed on the
re-exposure of the previously
excavated Roman Bath House
which will be displayed beneath the
floor of the newly-built Chichester
District Museum. Previous
excavations in 1974-1975 by Alec
Down revealed Roman masonry,
with limited re-exposure of part
of the Thermae in 1990 by James
Kenny. The backfill was carefully
removed exposing well-preserved
Roman masonry (see photo) which
had not significantly degraded
since it was last exposed. (ASE)
Pagham, Land at Becket’s Barn,
Church Farm Holiday Village. A
much degraded burnt mound of
probable Bronze Age date was
identified, consisting of a spread of
fire-cracked flint measuring 4.8m
long, 1.4m wide up to 180mm deep.
A semi-circular robber trench seen
to the east of a channel ‘earthwork’
probably related to a ‘pigeon house’
the earliest record of which dates
to 1443-44. (ASE)
Scaynes Hill, Woodland Survey
– Wapsbourne Woods. Woodland
survey discovered a total of 63 new
sites, including an ironworking site,
banks, charcoal burning platforms,
saw pits and hollow ways. (CBAS)
Steyning. Geophysics survey
along the line of Margary’s Roman
Road resulted in the finding of a
probable Roman settlement and
allowed some correction to the
postulated road alignment. (Dave
Stavely/IHRG)
David Richard Aubrey Atkinson FSA
1934-2011
It is with great sadness we report the death of David Atkinson
following a fire at his Peacehaven home last October. He was born
in Durham but moved to Sussex at an early age and it is here that
his passion for history began and he got his collecting bug. Although
he established a number of collections, it is his fascination with clay
tobacco pipes that perhaps gripped him the most strongly. On leaving
school he obtained a position as junior master teaching history at
St Philip’s Roman Catholic School, London, though had to put this
career on hold whilst doing his National Service in Kenya for the RAF.
He stayed at St Philip’s, reaching the position of headmaster in 1967
but relinquished the post in 1989 so he could return to his true love
– the teaching of history – which he finally retired from in 1998.
Although David was interested in many aspects of history it is in
his work on clay pipes that he has left his greatest academic legacy.
His early days rummaging through Sussex dumps and the Thames
foreshore lead to detailed historical research on the subject, making
him one of the pioneers of clay pipe studies in the country – the
standard type series still used for London pipes is that published by
David (with Oswald) and he was a founding member of the Society
for Clay Pipe Research. Although he wrote on pipes from many areas
he had a specific interest in the pipes of his ‘home’ county of Sussex
publishing numerous lists of dated pipe-makers in the Sussex Notes
and Queries between 1964 and 1973, culminating in his privately
published Sussex clay tobacco pipes and the pipemakers (1978) which
is still the standard work. He continued to produce reports with his
last publication appearing in volume 149 (2011) of SAC.
He was always a private man who lived simply. He never married
and after his retirement tended to live in his own world consisting of
cricket, football (a Brighton fan), his dogs and a close circle of friends.
However, whenever one would visit him with some clay pipes his eyes
would sparkle and his enthusiasm bubble forth! His knowledge was
unrivalled and he was always so generous with it. All who knew him
will miss his knowledge, generosity and dry wit.
Luke Barber
Sussex Past & Present April 2012
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Research
THE FAIRFAX
PETER BRANDON
Research Obituary
The Wreck of the Fairfax
A fifth foreshore wreck below the Seven Sisters
At 6am on Thursday 10th February
1881, a leaking, three-masted
steam screw ship called the Fairfax
ploughed across the flint and chalk
platform near the then Crowlink
coastguard station. Made of iron
and weighing 930 tons, she slid to
a halt with the bowsprit just yards
from the cliff face. Fortunately,
the tide was falling and help was
at hand from the nearby station.
All aboard were rescued without
serious injury, despite a perilous
assembly on a chalk boulder.
The shipwreck briefly became an
Eastbourne tourist attraction before
being sold off at auction on the 18th
February. After the March inquest
in London (maritime procedures
moved fast then), the Fairfax was
all but forgotten - until a rusty rib
was spotted on an equinoctal tide
in 2007, during an unsuccessful
hunt for fossil reptiles.
Figure 2. Wooden deadeye (a part used in
ships’ rigging). Photo: E Jarzembowski
Two years’ research revealed that
the associated concreted iron (Fig.
1) was indeed the remains of the
Fairfax, adding another foreshore
wreck to the four already known
below the Seven Sisters. Built in a
Govan shipyard on the River Clyde
in 1865, she was lost sailing from Le
Havre to Tyneside through human
error (failure to circumnavigate
Beachy Head), augmented by the
weather. Designed as a fast collier
to compete successfully with the
Figure 1. Ferrous remains of the Fairfax.
traditional, but less capacious,
sailing-brig carriers, she had
innovations like winches and waterballast
tanks, but still relied as much
on wind (Fig.2) as her 90hp steam
engine for power. This is in contrast
to the Talis, a Victorian iron steam
ship which lies on the sea bed in
the Channel off Beachy Head, and
has been dived and investigated
by Wessex Archaeology. Although
also built in 1865, the Talis relied
solely on steam power which,
whilst costly in coal, was intended
to make her timetable less reliant
on wind and tide.
Figure 3. Outline image of the Fairfax, internal
features dotted. Image: E Jarzembowski
There are, unfortunately, no
surviving pictures of the Fairfax.
Photo: E Jarzembowski
Arrangement plans preserved by
the Science Museum, however,
allowed us to reconstruct her as
built in 1865 (Fig.3). Her remains,
comprising scattered elements
and a bisected, concreted mass
over 30 metres long settled on the
chalk platform, now need recording
before more disappear. The work
is challenging as access involves
a hike over large expanses of
seaweed-encrusted boulders and
is very much subject to tide and
weather. There is also more to the
story. The plans revealed that the
Fairfax had a ‘sister’, the Cromwell,
which was mysteriously lost on the
Africa run in 1878/9. More research
is needed, but in the meantime this
“belt-and-braces” ship adds to the
foreshore heritage of the Seven
Sisters, which includes the remains
of three other Victorian vessels: a
composite wool clipper, a wooden
barge, and a sail-less iron steam
ship, as well as a WWI submarine.
E & B Jarzembowski
Dr Peter Brandon
1927-2011
Peter Frank Brandon was born at his maternal grandmother’s home in Shoreham. His father was a master
butcher in Twickenham, where Peter and his sister Gill spent their early years, delivering meat by bicycle,
which he later claimed gave him a feel for the local landscape. He attended secondary school in Twickenham
and Clark’s College, Putney, where he studied accountancy, the career for which he was originally intended.
He was called up for the RAF in 1945, but never flew, because of a heart murmur, and was given clerical and
book-keeping duties.
Peter then changed direction decisively, obtaining a teaching qualification in 1951, and an External London
general degree in Geography, English Literature and History, undertaken by private study. He taught at a
secondary modern school until 1957, but on his father’s death, took on the family shop until it was sold, at which
time he returned to Shoreham in 1959, where he subsequently lived with his mother. Almost simultaneously
he gained a first-class honours degree in Geography at Birkbeck College, London, staying there to work on a
PhD on Sussex medieval fields and commons, and teaching himself medieval Latin to transcribe documents.
In 1961 he was appointed head of Geography at North Western Polytechnic, Kentish Town, commuting from
Shoreham for 26 years until his retirement in 1987, following which he taught on the Landscape Studies degree
in the Centre for Continuing Education at Sussex University, quickly becoming a popular part-time lecturer.
From 1960 he produced a steady stream of scholarly articles. For SAC he published on medieval Alciston,
the medieval Weald, the relations between medieval weather and farming , the origin of Newhaven and the
drainage of the Lewes and Laughton Levels. He also contributed to the prestigious Cambridge Agrarian History
of England and Wales, volume II (1042 to 1350). Three books appeared: his influential contribution to W.G.
Hoskins and Millward’s series, on The Sussex Landscape (1974), A History of Surrey (1977) and his edited The
South Saxons (1978).
Thereafter he changed direction somewhat to concentrate more on themes of creative painting and writing in
the landscape, together with a greater interest in the 18th century and beyond. However, research during the
1970s and 1980s was not always easy. There were departmental meetings and political crises at the Polytechnic
and a move from Kentish Town to Holloway Road in 1975. Nevertheless, he was editor of Sussex Archaeological
Collections 1974-1979; literary director of the Sussex Record Society 1970-1979, and president in 1978. He
was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1985. In 1990 The South-East from AD 1000 (with Brian
Short) was published, a companion to the archaeology volume produced by Peter Drewett, David Rudling and
Mark Gardiner.
By this time Peter had retired but his writing flourished. The last 20 years of his life were extraordinarily
productive, and two inter-related interests now emerged strongly. One was his fierce resistance towards any
threat to rural landscape: he became president of the Society of Sussex Downsmen (now the South Downs
Society); chairman of the Sussex branch of CPRE 1986 to 1999, and from 1992 a founder member of the Sussex
Downs Conservation Board, forerunner of the present National Park Authority. The second theme blended
his passion for literature with his affection for the Sussex landscape. He now also entered into a productive
relationship with Phillimore which produced his trilogy, The South Downs (1998), The Kent and Sussex Weald
(2003), and The North Downs (2005). Others followed, including the brilliant The discovery of Sussex (2010).
He had now established himself as the most distinguished authority on the landscape history, and protection,
of South East England. He was elected a vice-president of the Sussex Archaeological Society by 2005.
So many books, then, on Sussex and the South East. And we all recognised his vitality, enthusiasm, love of
countryside, and ability to communicate. He was quite incapable of being dull, and his conversation matched
his writings: erudite, stimulating, wise. It is also a testament to his determination that he produced no fewer
than seven books in the eight years following the onset of kidney failure. The subject of his last book was
Sussex writers in their landscapes, on which he was still working in his hospital bed. It is hoped that this will
be published posthumously in late 2012 or 2013. He died on 2 November 2011 at the Royal Sussex County
Hospital renal unit, Brighton. Asked on the day before he died “What present advice would you pass on to
folk?” he replied “We must fight to keep what countryside we have left!”
Brian Short & Ann Winser
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Feature
BUTSER ANCIENT FARM
BATTLE OF LEWES EMBROIDERY
Feature
Butser Ancient Farm
Recreating ancient lifestyles
This experimental archaeological
project was first set up in
1972 by Dr Peter Reynolds, using
archaeological discoveries to test
ideas on how people in Britain
farmed and lived in the Iron Age
(around 300BCE). An earlier site
was located on the slopes of
Butser Hill within Queen Elizabeth
Country Park, but following park
development the farm was moved
to its present site, an idyllic valley
close to the village of Chalton
some 4km south of Butser Hill, in
1990. The SAS organised a visit for
members in October 2011.
The small enclosure has five
round houses, based on examples
excavated at Little Woodbury
(Wiltshire), Moel y Gerddi (Harlech,
North Wales), two Glastonbury
Lake Village houses, and Danebury
Hill Fort in Hampshire (still under
construction). Other experimental
post-built structures include
granaries, haystacks, a hen house
and latrine. The boundary ditch is
hexagonal, to enable monitoring
the process of silting up in each
section according to its orientation.
The structure of the round houses
is also monitored regarding the
support posts, roofing and other
materials, and to aid preservation
the foot of all the main timbers is
now charred before being erected.
Each house features a hearth
but none has a hole for smoke to
escape, as this creates a draft,
and the smoke filters out through
the thatch. Cooking utensils and
the bread oven are based on
excavated models, and on special
open days food is prepared and
demonstrations of baking, spinning
and weaving may be held.
As well as these ‘indigenous’
structures, a small Romano-British
villa was constructed, modelled
on Sparsholt Roman villa near
The ‘Little Woodbury’ style roundhouse.
Winchester (excavated by David
Johnston in the 1960s). The
original was probably two-storey
with clerestory windows, but local
planning restrictions permitted only
a single storey, with a pitched roof
of modern clay tiles rather than
Horsham slates (or the tegulae and
imbrex familiar from Clausentum or
Fishbourne). The villa has a range
of six rooms and corridor along
the length of the building, and
construction methods included
flint and plaster for lower walls,
with wattle and daub above, and
windows finished in various styles
according to excavated examples.
It is planned to use known Roman
materials and techniques to
complete the floors in different
rooms. The latest addition to the
villa’s facilities is a hypocaust to
heat the end room, which was fired
for the first time in late October
2011. By all accounts it was badly
needed, as the villa is noticeably
cooler than the round houses and
even outdoor temperatures in
winter!
Photo: S Hanna
The buildings are only one
aspect of the Farm’s activities:
they keep livestock and grow
crops, run courses on spinning,
dyeing and weaving textiles/wool,
also on technology such as
pottery, iron working, fencing and
other woodcrafts. Three breeds
of sheep were kept; Bronze Age
Soays which are feral and can’t be
herded by dogs; Iron Age/Roman
A Manx Loaghtan sheep.
Photo: S Hanna
Shetlands; and the picturesque
Manx Loaghtan breed which sport
horns in one, two, or three pairs;
but it’s been decided to reduce to
one flock, the Manx from 2012. Pigs
are kept also, wild boar crossed
with Tamworths. Crop growing
experiments have produced high
yields of early wheat varieties such
as einkorn, emmer and spelt, with
barley, oats, beans, flax, hops and
others, seeds of which have been
preserved on archaeological sites
of the Iron Age.
Results of BAF’s experimental
work have been published
in conference proceedings,
compilations and local
archaeological society publications
such as Sussex Archaeological
Collections and Proceedings of
Hampshire Field Club. Books and
monographs on work carried out at
the site by Dr Reynolds and others
are available for sale. The project
maintains links with experimental
stations in other parts of Europe
and the Americas.
Founder Peter Reynolds died in
2001 and the farm is now managed
as an educational charity, receiving
up to 16,000 children and young
people every year, from Year One
to university level. Activities for
schools include stock feeding, chalk
crushing, ‘digging’ in prepared
trenches, and crafts. School parties
are invited to prepare building
materials such as ‘clunch’ or ‘cob’,
mixing soil, crushed chalk and
water, which is packed into wooden
frames to form blocks, and used to
build small rectangular storage huts
(one of which has already survived
ten years). Adults and family visitors
are welcomed throughout the year
with themed events and festivals
marking the seasons, such as
Beltain (spring), Samhain (autumn)
and mid-summer and -winter
solstices. It’s a fascinating site to
visit, and a good pub; the Red Lion
at Chalton, lies only a mile up the
hill. Opening times: daily 10.00am
– 4.30pm (except over Christmas).
More information available from:
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk.
or phone 02392 598838.
Sarah Hanna
Battle of Lewes Embroidery
Lewes’s answer to the Bayeux Tapestry is well under way – work
started in July 2011 on the first and fifth panel of what will ultimately
be a 3 metre long x 60cm deep depiction of the battle, designed by local
artist Tom Walker, between Simon de Monfort and King Henry III that was
fought at Lewes on 14th May 1264. The embroidery has been divided
into five panels and over thirty stitchers are working in rotation on the
first panel, which depicts Lewes Priory at dawn with the King and his
troops, and the fifth panel which shows Lewes Castle at night with Simon
de Monfort’s troops coming over the Downs. The loan of a third frame
recently enabled work to start simultaneously on the second panel, which
depicts the King’s troops marching into the town.
Working on the first panel of the embroidery, showing Lewes Priory.
(The white cotton gloves are worn to protect the work from hand moisture)
Photo: W Muriel
A range of crewel embroidery stitches similar to those that would have
been employed in the 13th century are being used on a linen base backed
with calico and the English embroidery wool has been naturally dyed to
give a range of authentically “old” colours. Several workshops were held
to demonstrate the stitches to potential embroiderers and each person
had to submit a test piece to prove they were up to the task. The work
was carried out in the parlour at Anne of Cleves House throughout last
summer, where it attracted a lot of interest from visitors. It was transferred
to the temporary exhibition gallery at Barbican House Museum (where the
heating is better!) for the winter months and the plan is that it will probably
go back to Anne of Cleves House at the end of May/early June.
This community project is part of the Battle of Lewes anniversary
celebrations being funded by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund
and the aim is for the embroidery to be finished in time for the 750th
anniversary of the Battle in May 2014 when it will be put on display in
Barbican House Museum. Meanwhile, please feel free to come along
and view its progress.
Wendy Muriel
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Library
LIBRARY NEWS
ROCKY CLUMP
Excavation
Library News
Library volunteers to offer research help
Do you need help with your research? Or haven’t time to do it
yourself?
The Library volunteers are offering assistance for a fee of £30 per
hour, after the first half hour which will be free. This will initially be for
an experimental period. All such arrangements must be pre-booked,
so that we can use the various specialities of our volunteers to best
advantage.
Those who regularly use the Library catalogue on the website will
be aware of how useful it is to verify what is available, particularly
ahead of a proposed visit. Supporting the maintenance of this
catalogue costs money (£2,200 in 2012), and we are seeking a donor
to support this hidden benefit, now and in the future. Please contact
me or Tristan if you are willing to help.
We have sadly to note the deaths of three of our volunteers or
former volunteers in the last months of 2011. Michael Gabriel and
Marion Suckling (see obituary on this page) had both retired on health
grounds some years ago; Phyllis McDonald had only been with us for
less than two years, but had already proved her worth before her
untimely death.
I list below some recent additions to the Library (all 2011 unless
otherwise stated):
CLARKE, Juliet
FOSTER, Paul, ed.
HILDRED, Alexandra
MACKRETH, DF
Alfriston: a Sussex market town and
its makers.
Chichester: the Palace & its Bishops.
Weapons of Warre:
the armaments of the Mary Rose.
2 Vols.
Brooches in late
Iron Age & Roman Britain. 2 Vols.
We are grateful to the following for their donations to the Library:
R Castleden; J Clarke; J Funnell (BHAS); M Harte (Wadhurst History
Society); J Pennington; A Vincent.
Esme Evans
Hon. Librarian
Marion Suckling
1913-2011
Marion Suckling, who died on
22nd December 2011, aged
98 (nearly 99), will be remembered
both for her work with her husband,
Ken, who died in 1996, and for her
later time as a library volunteer,
until increasing ill-health led to her
moving to Suffolk where her family
live, more than 5 years ago.
The Society owes a great deal
to the Sucklings, who together,
from 1973, re-organised, listed and
reboxed the contents of the Barbican
House cellar, with its important
excavation material. Ken became
Membership secretary in 1974 and
between them they reorganised the
system, including the distribution
of the Newsletter, and organised
the Annual Conference.
I first met Marion when I joined the
team of library volunteers in 1996,
when she and Monica Maloney
looked after the organisation and
listing of the material in the Working
Papers room, and will always
remember her as a cheerful and
willing worker with wide knowledge
and interests.
Marion and Ken were also
involved at various times with
Worthing Archaeological Society,
Brighton & Hove Archaeological
Society and Eastbourne Natural
History & Archaeological Society,
and took part in their excavations
over many years. She also had
interests in the Society of Sussex
Downsmen (now the South Downs
Society), and the Weald & Downland
Museum.
Esme Evans
In April 2011 the Brighton and
Hove Archaeological Society
returned to Rocky Clump, Stanmer,
Brighton. For the past two decades
the Society has been digging in
the field to the north of the copse
of trees finding pits, post holes,
ditches and artefacts from the
Late Iron Age and Romano-British
periods. This year the excavations
move to the field south of the
copse to seek evidence for the
actual settlement. A geophysical
survey conducted several years
ago indicated a number of circular
anomalies which could be round
house platforms. A number of trial
trenches were therefore marked
ready for investigation.
The first trench to be excavated
uncovered nothing but virgin chalk,
although a few sherds of Roman
pottery were found in the plough
soil. The second trench proved
much more interesting. As the top
soil was being removed significant
amounts of pottery were already
being collected. The trench was
extended in three directions, south,
east and west and the feature
extended with it. It soon became
obvious that it was not a round
house, but possibly a midden. Two
sondages were cut to investigate
the depth and stratigraphy of the
feature, and the number of finds of
pottery and bone confirmed that
the feature was deep and full of
archaeology.
The feature was divided into
1-metre grids and initially each
alternate grid was excavated. The
object of this method of excavation
was to record the complex
stratigraphy in multi-sections
going in both directions. One of
the first areas to be dug revealed
a large deposit of mussel shells,
with Roman pottery mingled in
with the debris. The length of this
Rocky Clump Excavation
Enclosure revealed in latest dig
The corner of the enclosure.
deposit was nearly 2 metres and
about 30cms deep. Other sections
being excavated produced layers
of finds including Late Iron Age
or early Roman ‘raised eye-brow’
decorated pottery and a fine La
Tene brooch in virtually pristine
condition (shown below).
As the excavation progressed it
became increasingly clear that the
feature was far more complex than
just a large midden or rubbish pit
and the remaining 1-metre grids
were then removed. A central baulk
had been left during the excavation
and to the east of this a deep ditch
was revealed with a chalk ‘wall’
and then a feature resembling a
trackway. A number of postholes
were also uncovered further east.
To the west of the baulk a second
ditch was uncovered, running
at ninety degrees to the one on
the east. Further examination of
the geophysics hinted that the
excavations had uncovered the
Photo: J Funnell
corner of a large enclosure and
that the two ditches met under the
remaining baulk.
With the removal of the central
baulk the excavations finally
revealed the northwest corner of an
enclosure measuring approximately
20 metres square. The ditches
measure nearly 2 metres in width
and 1.5 metres in depth. The
peculiar ‘trackway’ on the east side
of the east ditch was probably used
as an access to the ditches during
the removal of the large amounts of
chalk when creating the enclosure.
This year’s excavation has
produced numerous finds including
several almost complete pots,
a number of articulated animal
burials and burned bone. Among
the other finds were numerous
pieces of daub, some quite large
and painted, possibly indicating the
location of a house within, or close
to, the enclosure. The finds tend to
suggest an early Romano-British
period for the feature’s later use as
a midden or rubbish pit.
It is hoped that further
investigations of the enclosure and
the search for the settlement will
continue in 2012.
John Funnell
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Books
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK REVIEWS
Books
Accounts and
Records of the
Manor of Mote in
Iden 1442-1551, 1673
SUSSEX Record Society volume 92
is an edition, in translation, of four
groups of documents held at East
Sussex Record Office, relating to
the manor of Mote in Iden, covering
the period 1442 to 1673. They are
manorial accounts (1464-1484); a
court roll of the manor (1442-1551);
a rental of the manor (1478); and a
survey (1673).
The text is preceded by an
introduction which sets out their
historical context. It examines the
descent of the manor, its purchase
by Sir John Scott in 1460, his career
and character and the management
of his demesne and household at
Mote. Scott, a minor Kent lord,
supported the landing of the Yorkist
lords in 1460 and subsequently
became a close servant to the new
king, Edward IV. As befitting a man
on the rise, Scott embarked on an
ambitious building project at Mote
from 1466 – detailed in the accounts
– which included the creation of
a fashionable brick ‘castle’. The
accounts of household expenditure
show that despite successful
management of the demesne the
household was not self-sufficient;
foodstuffs were bought locally,
often directly from the producer
or, for larger quantities, from local
towns. Other items, including
ironmongery, domestic utensils and
cloth and clothing (the latter usually
for the servants) were also bought
locally.
The introduction also describes
the later descent of the manor,
the history of the archive and the
diplomatic nature of the documents.
The final part considers the use
of stock-deeds and the nature of
manorial tenure in the Weald of
Sussex, and sets out the editorial
conventions used in the text.
This is a very impressive volume,
reflecting considerable skill and
erudition on the part of the editors,
not only in translating and editing
the documents but in providing
them with such a robust and
scholarly introduction.
Danae Tankard
By Mark Gardiner and Christopher
Whittick, 2011. Sussex Record
Society 92. ISBN 978-0-85445-074-
9. Hardback, 314pp, £20.00.
Chanctonbury
Ring: The Story of a
Sussex Landmark
JANET Pennington is an
indefatigable researcher who
writes on a wide range of historical
subjects concerning Sussex, and
she has lifelong connections with
Chanctonbury as this book makes
clear. She became interested
in Charles Goring 1744 – 1829,
former owner of Wiston Estate
near Steyning, West Sussex, who
in 1760 planted the ring of trees
around the prehistoric bank and
ditch of Chanctonbury Hill. The
author explores his motives and
methods including the traditional
story that he daily carried bottles of
water for the saplings, which led
her to investigate wells and dew
ponds on the Downs that could
have been used. She touches on
geology and landscape, and the
use of Chanctonbury as a beacon
site both official and informally.
One chapter is assigned to
archaeology, from early antiquarian
efforts to more recent excavations
in the 20th century especially
following the Great Storm of
October 1987, when over 75% of
the trees were damaged or fell. This
revealed extensive damage to two
Roman temple sites within the Ring
and many archaeologists called
for the Hill to remain treeless to
preserve these remains. However
public opinion favoured replanting,
carried out with great care in 1990,
and by 2011 the Ring was showing
promise of its former glory.
A selection of literary references
to the Ring is quoted in Chapter 5 as
witness to its status as landmark and
icon for writers. The book has many
historic and modern illustrations; the
colour reproduction of a few older
paintings is rather dull, and some
maps and plans are so reduced
that you need a magnifying glass
to decipher the notation. Details on
the site’s location could be helpful
to non-local visitors, and the story
is told thematically so I would
have liked to see a chronology
of the Ring and its history. This
is a meaningful story to anyone
familiar with the South Downs in
West Sussex, and knowledge of
the context and history will surely
enhance the visitor’s experience of
Chanctonbury Ring and its special
atmosphere.
Sarah Hanna
By Janet Pennington, 2011.
Downland History Publishing,
Steyning, W Sussex. ISBN
978-0-9555703-2-2. Paperback
138pp. £12.50. Also available
from the author plus £2 p&p at 5
Swallowmead, College Hill, Steyning,
West Sussex, BN44 3HE or 01903
815829 or jpsussex@hotmail.com.
On Blatchington
Hill: History of a
Downland Village
THIS book is an absolute treat.
I thought I knew a lot about
Seaford but on reading this book
fascinating new facts about
Seaford were jumping out from
every page. Rodney has done
a thorough job in recording the
history of Blatchington, a village
which has long since disappeared
into greater Seaford. The parish
of East Blatchington (it became
East Blatchington to distinguish it
from another village of the same
name near Hove) stretches from
the sea to the golf course and
Rodney has delved into hundreds
of sources to provide us with the
most comprehensive book about
the area ever written.
Blatchington has a long and
interesting history dating back to
Roman times. Although squashed
between the important medieval
port of Seaford and ancient
Bishopstone, Blatchington has
been owned by a variety of ‘Lords
of the Manor’ including the Gage
family from Firle and the clergy of
Battle Abbey. Rodney writes well
and potentially dull periods are
peppered with facts which keep the
reader interested – a murder here,
a drowning there or even a tale of
the local miller who used to paint
his horse blue and yellow! Some of
Blatchington’s influential residents
including the bird worrier, Revd
Robert Dennis and William Tyler-
Smith, the London surgeon who
did so much to promote Victorian
Seaford are thoroughly researched
and what colourful characters they
were. Blatchington resident Herbert
Fisher supplied the underpants
which were used on the body of
a Welsh vagrant – ‘the Man who
Never Was’ – whose body was
dumped in the Mediterranean with
fake papers in his pocket to fool
Hitler into thinking there would be
an allied attack on Sardinia.
The military presence in the
area has not been overlooked.
Blatchington Barracks was in
use between 1793 and 1818 and
thousands of men came from all
over the country to keep watch
towards France. Bad food and
conditions led to the infamous
mutiny of 1795 and many of the
soldiers were buried in Blatchington
churchyard. During the Great War
another massive camp was built
for soldiers from all over the Empire
which stretched from Blatchington
Hill to the cemetery in Alfriston
Road.
The book is well illustrated with
pictures, drawings, maps and some
of the author’s own art work. Every
village should have a book like
this and anyone with an interest in
heritage should have this book on
their shelf.
Kevin Gordon
By Rodney Castleden, 2011.
Blatchington Press. Softback, 306pp.
ISBN 978-1-4478-5768-6. £12.95.
Available at Seaford Museum or
from the author at Rookery Cottage,
Blatchington Hill, Seaford, BN25 2AJ.
Yesterday in
Brighton and Hove
THIS book covers just three
aspects of Brighton’s past: the
Metropole Hotel, lifeboats and
shipwrecks, and the Vallance family.
The chapter on the Metropole tells
us of its building and employees
as well as the extravagances and
eccentricities of its many guests
from Charles Dickens to John Haig,
the acid bath murderer.
As might be expected, the lifeboat
crews often behaved with great
bravery, but sometimes they
refused to man the boats. Horses,
which were needed to launch the
boats, weren’t always available
and it took several years before the
land for the station could be found.
However, Brighton does have one
claim to fame in the annals of the
RNLI: the sea trials of the first selfrighting
lifeboat were held by the
Chain Pier.
The final chapter deals with the
Vallance family, one of whose houses
is now used as Hove’s museum.
The family produced doctors,
soldiers, brewers and an inventor,
but perhaps of most interest to
members of the SAS is the section
dealing with the relationship with
the Catt family – owners of the Tide
Mills at Bishopstone.
As always with Judy Middleton,
the book is a treasure trove of
well illustrated and well sourced
information for those with an
interest in the details of Brighton’s
history.
Maria Gardiner
By Judy Middleton, 2010.
Amberley Publishing
ISBN 978-1-4456-0076-5
Paperback, 96pp. Price £10.99.
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Snippets
Kent Archaeological
Society Library
FOR some years the Library has
been paying a subscription to
Kent Archaeological Society which
enabled our Members to use their
Library in Maidstone for free. This
was advertised in Sussex Past &
Present at the time. The conditions
they set meant it was necessary
for our Members to contact our
Library to collect a card for this. As
no-one has ever done so, I intend
to save money by cancelling this
arrangement from 2013 (we get
Archaeolgia Cantiana in exchange
for Sussex Archaeological
Collections anyway).
Esme Evans
Regency Weekend
THE Regency Weekend, which
celebrates a period that had a
profound impact on Brighton and
Hove, will take place on October
12-14. It begins on Friday evening
with an introduction by Sir Simon
Jenkins, President of the Regency
Society, and an opening talk by
Dan Cruikshank on the year 1812;
Dan is well known for his TV
programmes and books on the
period. The Saturday symposium
includes Steven Parissien, a well
known author on the period. The
day ends with walks and other
activities. On the Sunday Morning
there is a choice of events, including
sessions about Regency food and
Regency dress.
For details and to find out how
to book go to the website of The
Regency Society of Brighton and
Hove - www.regencysociety.
org. If you don’t have a personal
computer, your local library should
have a public access computer
and a member of staff will be able
to help you. Booking starts in April.
Brede High Woods
Community
Archaeology Project
2011-2014
AN archaeological and landscape
history assessment of Brede High
Woods by Nicola Bannister in
2008-2009 revealed a wealth of
woodland management features
such as charcoal hearths and
saw-pits. It also highlighted other
earthworks including boundary
banks, hollow ways and deserted
medieval farmsteads.
The Woodland Trust has appointed
Chris Butler Associates to run this
project at Brede High Woods and
volunteers, from a wide range of
groups and individuals, will be
involved in small-scale excavations
over a period of three years. The
targeted excavations will include a
bloomery site, charcoal platforms,
saw-pits and one of the farmsteads.
Volunteers can also be involved
with archaeological surveying and
finds processing.
The programme will begin in early
2012 with geophysical surveying
of an iron-working site and an
earthwork survey of a medieval
farmstead site. Excavation will
be carried out during the last two
weeks in May.
This is an exciting opportunity
to explore the heritage of human
activity at Brede High Woods and
broaden our knowledge of the
wealth of woodland archaeology
that can be still found, but often
little understood, in our woodlands
of today.
If any members of Sussex
Archaeological Society wish to
find out more about this project
they should contact brede@
cbasltd.co.uk and request that a
project participation form be sent
to them which should be returned
to the same email address when
completed.
New Society Website
Launched
THE Society’s new website was
launched on February 21. It has
been redesigned to include all
the social media such as Twitter,
Facebook and Flickr etc. to
engage a younger audience and
communicate our message more
effectively. It has a richer content
than previously with downloadable
information that will save time with
enquiries and school bookings. A
new feature will be a news section
which will be updated regularly. It
will continue to be developed and
may include digitised collections in
the future.
Next Issue
THE Sussex Past & Present
newsletter is published three times a
year, in April, August and December.
The next issue will be published in
August 2012; the copy deadline is
15 June. Letters and ‘snippets’ are
welcome; longer items should be
kept to a maximum of 500 words
unless prior arrangements have
been made with the editor, Wendy
Muriel, at spp@sussexpast.co.uk,
or Luke Barber on 01273 405733.
Please note that we require images
with most contributions, preferably
in high quality colour format. To
submit digitally, please use MS Word
(preferably 97-2003 format) for text
and send images in JPEG or TIF
formats, at a minimum resolution
of 600dpi. Correspondence and
details of events should be sent to
Wendy Muriel, Editor, Sussex Past &
Present, Bull House, 92 High Street,
Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1XH, or
emailed to the above address.
Rates for insertions into the
newsletter, which goes out to over
2000 members, start at £100 (plus
minimum handling charge of £20).
Contact Lorna Gartside on 01273
405737 for details.
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