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Next Meeting.
Sept. 24th. Danehill Memorial Hall, 7:15 for 7:30pm start. The Shetland Bus, Gilly Halcrow. Listen to an account of the bravery of North Sea fisherman as they fought the weather between Shetland and Norway during WW2. 
Shetland Bus Memorial
 September photo of Pioneer 2 locomotive at Sheffield Park
This month features an article published in the society magazine in 1996 about goods traffic on the Lewes-East Grinstead railway line. A surprisingly busy line, the goods carried, usually to London, reflected the local rural economy - timber, animals, dairy and fruit, especially gooseberries from Chelwood Gate.
Link here Nick Turner. Nick has published articles in the Horsted Keynes Parish Magazine. He has kindly allowed us to use these fascinating reminiscences about post war rural life on our site. The most recent articles on Sheep Shearing and on shopping 1950's Style are here. Any Information? The Burial Ground Group are still looking for information on the surnames listed below Please email [email protected] if you have info! Adam Ainslie Barcombe Evered Harvey Lerch Woolgar |
Danehill Burial Ground Project
More than 130 families,from Lords and Ladies to farm labourers, have now been researched, many in enormous detail, by Mat Weller and Elizabeth Broadbridge. The reports paint a fascinating picture. Click here.
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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:-
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
Danehill Recruits who joined the Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914
