Twenty fifth family just uploaded to the Burial Ground Project (Alonso Bernard Cox)
DPHS May Event This event is our very first Natural History Event. On May 31 at 6:30pm we meet in the churchyard. We will find out why this area has such a rich flora and carry out a survey of the flora found in the churchyard which is a great example of meadowland as it used to be . Look forward to seeing you there with your magnifier.
Platinum Jubilee Members and others will be interested to know that Jill Rolfe is preparing a special exhibition for the Jubilee weekend which gives a local perspective to the Queen's reign. Click the picture for full information (this is not a DPHS event, all the preparative work is Jill's work).
Latest Upload: Changes to the order of indoor meetings in June/July (see programme tab) . Kitchener's Cavalry, a charming account of the problems of horse recquisition and novice riders, has returned after a facelift when new photographs were found in the DPHS archive.
Danehill Burial Ground Project.
Results from the project now uploaded. Detailed information on 23 local families researched and presented mainly by Mat Weller and Elizabeth Broadbridge.
All is revealed by a click here
Results from the project now uploaded. Detailed information on 23 local families researched and presented mainly by Mat Weller and Elizabeth Broadbridge.
All is revealed by a click here
Danehill Stores: The May meeting was truly local with a trip back to 1970's Danehill. Goo Coomber told us about her parents who ran the shop at the time, when it seemed to sell a remarkable range of goods including clothing, shoes, DIY materials along with food and post office services. A memorable meeting and Goo also donated her speaker's fee to the Parkinson Society.
Next Meeting: Natural History outdoor meeting at the churchyard
VE Day. From the Archive a Few Photographs of VE Day Celebrations and an audio reminiscence by Hylda Rawlings, 102 years. Click here.
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
