Publications
The Great Storm at Burwash, by Barbara Heavens, published September 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 3, article, pp.141-142) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508853]
Preview:In the Sussex Family Historian of December 2009 (the first I received), Kath McGurl recommended the British Newspaper Archives website. At the first opportunity I visited the site and amongst my first discoveries was an article which mentioned my three times great grandfather, Richard BARROW. Richard was born in Hawkhurst, Kent but moved to Ticehurst in the 1820's where his younger children were born, including my two times great grandfather Joseph.
The article described how a great storm struck Burwash in August 1839 which brought down many trees in the area and did considerable damage to crops.
The article described how a great storm struck Burwash in August 1839 which brought down many trees in the area and did considerable damage to crops.