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Sussex Industrial History: Journal of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society, edited by Dr. Brian Austen, published 2008 (issue no. 38, Sussex Industrial History, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506536]   Download PDF

The Brewers of the Brighton Area, by Peter Holtham, published 2008 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 38, article, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506536]   Download PDF

Brighton's last historic brewery, Tamplin's Phoenix brewery, closed in 1973. Listed in this article, alphabetically under streets, is a comprehensive list of all brewers known to have operated in the Brighton & Hove area up until World War II. Sadly there are very few remains, but where some do exist these are marked followed by a map reference.

Rottingdean Mill, by Ron Martin, published 2008 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 38, article, pp.9-16, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506536]   Download PDF

Rottingdean Mill is located on Beacon Hill at TQ 365024, 160 m north of the South Coast Road, A259. It is an octagonal four storey smock mill on a substantial single storey base of flint rubble, rendered and tarred externally with brick lacing courses and birdsmouth angles. In the base there were two doors, facing east and west, with brick quoins. After the mill ceased working these were infilled with herringbone brickwork, the eastern one only partly so, the remaining space being filled with a steel door, which currently provides access to the mill. Inside, square openings in the walls and odd bits of timber projecting from the brickwork, suggest that the base has been heightened at some time during the mill's working life, the floor levels being changed accordingly. The transition from a low structure with common sails that could be reefed from the ground to a taller one with self-adjusting patent sails meant that no stage was ever required.

Turnpikes to Horsham, by Brian Austen, published 2008 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 38, article, pp.17-29, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506536]   Download PDF

The history of Turnpike roads to and from Horsham commencing in 1775 with the opening of the Horsham and Epsom Trust

The Cowfold and Henfield Turnpike Trust, 1771-1877. Part 1 - The Branch Road and Later, by John D. R. Townsend, published 2008 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 38, article, pp.30-37, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506536]   Download PDF

When established, the Trust controlled the road from Henfield through Cowfold terminating at Handcross where it made a junction with the Brighton and Cuckfield and West Grinstead Trust which connected north of Crawley with the Reigate Trust and access to London. A short branch from Corner House, Shermanbury, to Partridge Green gave access to the Horsham and Steyning Trust. However, in 1792, the Cowfold and Henfield Trust received powers to extend their road northwards to gain direct access to Horsham. This extension of just over four miles was, from the renewal Act of 1830, administered separately from the main line of the Trust. It was referred to as the 'Branch Road', the original line being distinguished as the 'Old Road'. The Act of 1830 also authorised the construction of a short connecting road from Lower Beeding westwards to meet the Branch Road. Separate minute books and financial accounts were maintained by the Branch and the Old lines.

CVA at Coombe Road, Brighton, by Peter Groves, published 2008 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 38, article, pp.38-39, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506536]   Download PDF

In the spring of 1917, the question of training soldiers disabled in the First World War arose. As a result of a successful pilot scheme, work started in 1918 to build a special factory in Coombe Road, Brighton, opposite Preston Barracks. The factory was known as the Bernard Oppenheimer Diamond Works, and was the backbone of a large undertaking, where the war disabled were trained to polish diamonds. The factory was one of the largest in the Brighton area. In the early days among the names of important visitors were General Smuts, Lord Haig, John Galsworthy and Mr. Horatio Bottomely. Of particular interest was the well-equipped clinic, specially set up to deal with the employees, many of whom had lost limbs and needed specialist treatment.
The factory was acquired by Hove Machine Tool manufacturer CVA in 1945. CVA had expanded in the post-war period, and the old diamond works was one of a number of factories they acquired in the Brighton area in the 1940s and 1950s. CVA used the factory for a number of its departments, and it was home to many projects, fractional horsepower motors, drill chucks, lathe chucks and, surprisingly, domestic appliances.