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Sussex Industrial History: Journal of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society, edited by Dr. Brian Austen, published 1997 (issue no. 27, Sussex Industrial History, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

Sheffield Park Garden Stone Bridge and Sluice, by Ron Martin, published 1997 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 27, article, pp.2-7, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

Sheffield Park is one of the jewels in the crown of the National Trust in Sussex and is located in the parish of Fletching at TQ 4124. It comprises 120 acres (40 hectares) of ornamental garden on a sloping site running down from the House to a stream at the bottom of a valley in which runs a tributary of the River Ouse. This stream has been dammed to create the two Woman's Way Ponds. There are two other lakes between the Upper Woman's Way Pond and the House, the Middle Lake and the Ten Foot Pond and to the southwest side of the garden is the Storage Pond. The House is no longer part of the estate. The Stone Bridge, which is the subject of this article, is located at the outlet of the Ten Foot Pond and for purposes of descriptions, the bridge is assumed to be orientated due north - south with the Ten Foot Pond at the west side. The bridge was investigated in January and February 1997, during the period that it was being demolished prior to reconstruction.

Brighton's Tunbridge Ware Industry, by Brian Austen, published 1997 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 27, article, pp.8-17, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

The popularisation of sea-bathing from the mid-eighteenth century was, in the matter of a few decades, to transform Brighton from a decaying town reliant on fishing and the sea-carrying trades, to a thrusting boom town dedicated to health and the pleasures of life. The first sea-bathers, concerned to promote their health. had arrived in the 1730s and it was the publicity given to sea water cures by Dr. Richard Russell, and his residence in the town from 1754, which stimulated growth. As at inland spas medicinal requirements were rapidly overtakes by the need for facilities that would promote social activity and entertainment. By 1754 an Assembly Room existed at the Castle Inn and another was added at the Old Ship in 1761. Six years later a Master of Ceremonies was appointed. The first visit by royalty was in July 1765 by the Duke of Gloucester. Tradesman were attracted to the town to serve the visitors, such as booksellers and librarians, toymen, perfumers and milliners. There was a demand for attractive and fashionable objects that would provide memories of the time spent in the town, or presents for those family or friend at home. It was to service this need that the Tunbridge ware industry developed in Brighton.

Brighton's Place in the Development of the "Tunnelling-and-Shoot-Hole" System for Making Railway Cuttings, by Paul Sowan, published 1997 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 27, article, pp.18-21, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

There is on display in the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery an extraordinary watercolour, attributed to one George Smith (fI. 1833-56), entitled 'Excavating the Brighton Railway (Shoreham Branch)'. This is dated 1839, and the branch from Shoreham was the first line of railway into Brighton to be opened to traffic, on 12 May 1840. It has been suggested that the artist was the same George Smith, of Brighton, whose depiction of 'The Viaduct on the Brighton to Lewes Railway', 1845, is also held by the Museum and Art Gallery.

Mills of the Eastbourne Borough Council Area, by Lawrence Stevens, published 1997 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 27, article, pp.22-29, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

The number of mills in the Eastbourne Borough Council area should be of no surprise when we consider the community's dependence on an agrarian economy since Saxon times and the extensive prehistoric evidence of field systems and associated finds of grain storage pits, quern fragments and grain-drying ovens. A glance at the Eastbourne Tithe Map of 1842 shows field after field of arable and pasture-land and a handful of farms in what was good corn country and also by then, extensive sheep pasture. In 1842, the parish covered slightly more than 4,000 acres, whereas modern Eastbourne covers nearly 6,500 acres, having expanded into the parishes of Eastdean, Jevington, Willingdon and Westham during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
In 1980, a list of 'Mills of the Eastbourne Borough Council Area' (Stevens 1980) was compiled in which an attempt was made to catalogue the salient facts of each mill, to clarify its position and record sufficient information so that confusion might be avoided.

Secret Tunnels of South Heighton, by Geoffrey Ellis, published 1997 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 27, article, pp.30-33, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

The abandoned tunnels of HMS Forward, Royal Naval Headquarters, Newhaven, 1941-45.
Deep beneath Heighton Hill, one mile north of Newhaven, lay the forgotten remains of a once vibrant maritime intelligence centre which remained undetected by the foe during World War 11, and unrenowned by the country thereafter. Only recently has it been realised just how secret this establishment was, and how important its contribution to the war effort must have been.

Some Sussex Lime Kilns, by Ron Martin, published 1997 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 27, article, pp.34-39, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

This article is the result of the beginnings of a survey of lime kilns in Sussex and will be complemented by a further one when the research is completed. I have started with some general remarks about the uses of lime and finished with the description of three lime kilns which have been surveyed.