Coming Soon, Events for your Diary

Wheelwright's premises on the triangle between roads.

Tuesday 25 June at 7 pm
Danehill Village an Historical Tour
Leader Jennie Marten our chairman will walk us round the village centre unveiling the secrets held by the houses, farm buildings and other buildings of interest (Blacksmith, Weaver, Baker, Wheelwright, Shoemaker etc) will be explained.
Meet at Danehill Village Hall. For insurance reasons you must be a member to attend.

Tuesday 30 July at 7 pm
The Priest House Garden – a special tour by curator Anthony Smith focusing on the plants and herbs mentioned in Anthony's April talk.
Meet at the Priest House, West Hoathly. Visitors welcome.
Donation for entry to the garden only.

Quicklink to Jill Rolfe's Oral History Page

•  Added recently: 10 June, booklet on Colin Godmans Farmhouse; 2  June Freshfield Lane Brickworks; 21 May, The AA Man; 12 May The Railway at Sheffield Park; 28 April Photos of Fletching and knifegrinder,   Baron Layton from JillRolfe; 2 April, Nursing in the Local Area, Jill Rolfe; 20 March, Overview of Danehill  History
  

Springfield Cottage, London Road, previously called Botches (a 100 acre farm) was a medieval Hall House (c 1450). The masssive chimney was added later.

Danehill Parish Historical Society was founded in 1972 with our first president being Dame Margery Corbett Ashby DBE (pictured in 1923).

The objectives of the society are to promote interest in, and the study of local history in particular, or any other historical matter of interest, bringing together local residents or other people to share and enjoy a range of social and informal activities.
                                                                                                       
The Society is a member of:-

• British Association for Local History
• Friends of The East Sussex Record Office
• The Sussex Archaeological Society

 

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Danehill Recruits who joined the Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914