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Sussex Industrial History: Journal of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society, edited by Dr. Brian Austen, published 2006 (issue no. 36, Sussex Industrial History, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506534] Download PDF
British Syphon Company Limited, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, by David G. Jones, published 2006 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 36, article, pp.2-11, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506534] Download PDF
Abstract:In 1957 The British Syphon Company Ltd. and its two subsidiaries, The Riley Manufacturing Company and The Conveyor Construction and Engineering Company, moved into brand new premises on the Brampton Road Industrial Estate, Hampden Park, from locations in London.
Turnpike Roads to Arundel, Worthing and Littlehampton, by Brian Austen, published 2006 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 36, article, pp.12-23, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506534] Download PDF
Abstract:The first article in the survey of Turnpike Roads covered, in the main, the Rape of Chichester; this section extends eastwards and includes the southern part of the Rape of Arundel and the south-western part of the Rape of Bramber.
Brewers of East Sussex, by Peter Holtham, published 2006 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 36, article, pp.24-30, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506534] Download PDF
Abstract:The Bridge Wharf Brewery belonging to Messrs Harvey & Son (Lewes) Ltd., happily still operating, is the last historic brewery in East Sussex.
This article sets out a comprehensive list of all brewers known to have operated in the county up until World War II. Present-day county boundaries have been taken. West Sussex was covered in Sussex Industrial History No. 34 published 2004. Brighton and Hove will be the subject of a later article.
This article sets out a comprehensive list of all brewers known to have operated in the county up until World War II. Present-day county boundaries have been taken. West Sussex was covered in Sussex Industrial History No. 34 published 2004. Brighton and Hove will be the subject of a later article.
West Cliff Railway, Hastings - Engine Room, by Ron Martin and Clem Gill, published 2006 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 36, article, pp.31-37, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506534] Download PDF
Abstract:The West Hill Cliff Railway runs from the Bottom Station in George Street, Hastings to the Top Station on the West Cliff at TQ 821095. The line runs approximately south to north and this orientation has been used for all descriptions in this article.
Lamp Posts of Ditchling, by John Blackwell, published 2006 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 36, article, pp.38-43, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506534] Download PDF
Abstract:A year after the opening of the Keymer & Ditchling Gas Works in 1867 (situated in the goods yard of Hassocks station) a public meeting of Ditchling ratepayers was called at the "Bull Inn". At this meeting it was agreed to light the village under provision made in The Lighting and Watching Act of 1833, whereby a parish could chose to elect gas lighting inspectors to oversee and administer the installation and operation. It was laid down in the Act that the inspectors (of whom there were to be no more than twelve and no less than three) must be resident ratepayers assessed on a rateable property valuation of not less than £15 per annum and they must by law meet on the first Monday of the month at noon.
At this first meeting, held on the 19 October 1868, seven inspectors were elected - to be known as the Inspectors of the Ditchling District for Lighting, and it was also agreed that they should have the power to call for and raise an annual rate in the sum of £45. It was subsequently discovered that four were ineligible, being shareholders in the Gas Company, and a further meeting was held on the 14 December 1868 where the remaining three were re-elected, namely Wm Kensett, John Attree (who was appointed treasurer) and Stephen Andrews. Mr Thomas Sinnock Jnr was appointed to collect the rate (set at 6d (2.5p) in the pound) at a salary of 5% of the rate collected. Sinnock was also the Secretary to the Gas Company.
At this first meeting, held on the 19 October 1868, seven inspectors were elected - to be known as the Inspectors of the Ditchling District for Lighting, and it was also agreed that they should have the power to call for and raise an annual rate in the sum of £45. It was subsequently discovered that four were ineligible, being shareholders in the Gas Company, and a further meeting was held on the 14 December 1868 where the remaining three were re-elected, namely Wm Kensett, John Attree (who was appointed treasurer) and Stephen Andrews. Mr Thomas Sinnock Jnr was appointed to collect the rate (set at 6d (2.5p) in the pound) at a salary of 5% of the rate collected. Sinnock was also the Secretary to the Gas Company.