SUSSEX INDUSTRIAL Micl1C'lkUl1 Priory, Curator, Miss .1. Ikllam, Upper nicker, Hailsham, I\N27 3QS 0323-844224 ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY I~ottingdeiln Preservation Society, A.J. Commin, 3 Bazehill I~oad, I~ottingdeiln, BN2 71)13 ,,~~ Brighton 304120 I~q.:i'h"rl·d Ch.lnl~· NIl. 2(,71~\} Sussex Wildlife Trust, Warden, M. Russell, Woods Mill Countryside Centre, Henfielq BN5 9SD ~ Brighton 492630 NE\VSLETTEI~ No.G3 ISSN 0263 51 (,X .Friends of West Blatchington Windmill, R. Hayden, 2(, Cranmer Avenue, Hove, BN3 7JQ Brighton 771814 Price lOp to non-rnembers JULY 19S9 Mrs G.K. M;]rtin, 42 ralrner Avenue, f3rightol1, f3N2 src 0273-303805 c.J. Newnharn, Miller's Lodge, Cross-in-Hand, Heathfield Heathfield 2351 J.B. Newnharn, Moor Hall Grange, Ninfield, Nr. Battle Ninfield 89252S CHIEF CONTENTS D. Pearce, East l.odge, 30 Rushams Road, Horsham, H H 12 2NU Horsharn 53909 LP. Powell, Yew Tree Cottage, Monk's Gate, Nr. Horsham, RH 13· 6JD Lower Beeding 508 Brighton's North Laine J. Baker, 340 Brodrick Road, Hampden Park, Eatbourne, I3N22 ODH 0323-503169 Literary Industrial Archaeology A.L.S.W. Hurne, 4 High View Terrace, Hartley Road, Cranbrook, Kent, TNI7 3QU Vine's Windmill A.F. Innes, 10 Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8HP 0747-54548 The Hanlye Hand Truck Mrs B. Innes, 10 Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8HB 0747-54548 Limekilns in East Grinstead I.V. Askew, Wellingham Folly, Wellingham, Lewes, BN8 5S\\' 0273-812357 Sussex Mills Group G. King, 40 St. Luke's Road, Brighton, BN2 2ZD 0273-695229 National Trust, Kent & E. Sussex Regional Office, J.E.T. Cooper, Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 8JN 0892-890651 DIARY DATES Resignations Saturday, 15th July 6.30 p.m. Members evening at the British Engineerium, off Neville Road, Hove for tour and talk. Normal entrance fee L2.00 (L 1.00 OAPs) payable P.D. Budd, The School House, Chapel Lawn, Nr. Bucknell, Shropshire, SY7 OBW to cover expenses. Volunteers sought to give short informal talk on their I.A. I.M. Dean, 33 Chalk Lane, Sidlesham, Chichester 0243 56-284 interests. Map reference TQ 286066. Contact P. Holtham 0273 413790. N.N. Hardcastle, "Andes", Beaucroft Road, Wait ham Chase, Southampton, S03 2LZ Nutley Windmill Open Days are Sundays 30th July and 27th August, Monday 28th August G. Hawthorn, 12 Ashford Road, Brighton, BN I 6LJ Brighton 509978 and Sundays 24th September and 15th October. Deceased Wednesday, 2nd August. Coach operators, Sussex Leamland, are running a trip to A.G. Allnutt, 23 Beech Avenue, Chichester Ironbridge Gorge Museum. Adult L 15.50, OAP L 15.00, Child L 13.50, including D.R. Cooke, 3 Warwick Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HG admission to all sites. Worthing 212188. E.W. Holden, 93 Penlands Vale, Steyning Sunday, 20th August. All day visits by Mills Group (open to all members of SI AS). Meet at 10.30 a.m. West Blatchington Windmill. Map reference TQ 279068, or at Amendment 2.00 p.m. at Ji 11 Windmill TQ 303134. Contact D. Cox 0403 711137. D.M. Stut tard, 14 Regency Close, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 5NY Saturday, 23rd September. All day visit to Hastings. Meet at 10.30 a.m. outside Crowhurst Church. Parking nearby. Map reference TQ 758123. Contact J. OFFICERS Blackwell 0273 557674. President A.J. Haselfoot Saturday, 25th November. Annual General Meeting followed by talk. Friends' Meeting Chairman Air Marshal Sir Frederick Sowrey, Home Farm, Herons Ghyll, l.!ckfield House, Friary Walk, Lewes 2.30 p.m. Vice Chairman J.S.F. Blackwell, 21 Hythe Road, Brighton BNI 6JR (0273) 557674 General Secretary R.G. Martin, 42 Falmer Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton BN2 8FG AREA SECRETARIES' REPORTS [Office (0273) 28479, Home (0273)303805] WESTERN AREA Treasurer & Member- J.M.H. Bevan, 12 Charmandean Road, \\'orthing BN 14 9LB ship Secretary (0903) 35421 We were saddened by the death of Alan Allnutt on 20th May, shortly following that Editor B. Austen, I Mercedes Cottages, St. John's Road, Haywards H'eath of his wife Joyce and a week after his 80th birthday. His wide-ranging activities for the RHI6 4EH (0444) 413845 Society, the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum and in the wider field of lA will be greatly ) Programme Secretary D.H. Cox, 3 Middle Road, Partridge Green, Horsham RH 13 8JA missed. The funeral service at Chichester Crematorium was attended by a number of (0403) 7 I I 137 members, among a congregation which filled the chapel. It was conducted by the Archivist P.J. Holtham, 12 St. Helen's Crescent, Hove BN3 8EP (0273)413790 Minister of his Church, who spoke eloquently and knowingly of him. Publicity G.t:.F. Meaci, 17 Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton £1Nl 7JG Coultershaw Pump and Poyntz Bridge stand as tangible evidence of his untiring (0273) 50 1590 efforts in the Western Area, of which he was Secretary for many years. When well in Area Secretaries his 70s he thought nothing of scampering over the roof at Coultershaw fixing tile battens Eastern Area and less than two years ago spent most of the winter scraping the roof trusses. Western Area R.M. Fialmer, II Arlington Clo.se, Goring-by-Seil, \\'orthing BNI2 4ST (0903) 505626 We extend our sincere sympathy to Martin and Monica, his son and daughter-in-law. Central Area J.S.F. Blackwell, 21 Hythe Hoad, Brighton £1Nl 6JR (0273) 557674 A fuller appreciation of Alan by John Haselfoot appears on p.4 of this issue. Northern Area E.W. Henbery, 10 /vlole Close, Langley Green, Crawley (0293) 23481 Coultershaw Pump COMMITTEE MEMBERS Visitor numbers on Open Days show a healthy increase. B.Austen, Brig. A.E. Baxter, D.H. Cox, r. \I'. Gregory, E.W. Henbery, P.J. Holtharn, G.E.F. Mead, R.M. Palmer, G.G. Thomerson, M.F. Tighe Due to lack of water and to work by Southern Water on a weir, we were unable to operate on 18th June, and unless the weather Changes soon this situation is likely to Copy for the Newsletter should be sent to: continue. G.G. Thomerson, 42 Gander Hill, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH 16 I RD. (0444) 450722 PLEASE NOTE Latest acceptance date for copy for the October Newsletter the." till.ll q~lges of Ihe ~Otll'I\lllg p.. occ:-. ... \1,'(,'1"<.' .Jcct)1l1plish(.'d. Through the kindness of Lord Mersey wC now have a pUlllP be;"n, the drive cnd of the wheelshaft and sections of the overshot wheel on display from I ~ ignor Park (sce SIH Uur Ill·xt port 01 C;j ll W,,' Elill" Tid" Mill, which illvolved .. h.JlI hour )llurlO(')' No.19). thr011gh SUlllh:l.I11ptOn f o lottu!} ;Jnd tllclln.. ' t l) Ellng l)1l lht' cstu.:.1rY of th (, J~lv(.'r Tt ..... !.

Ih.-re wc wefe gi\'(,·" .... g~ljdt'd tour J \\.' 11" (j<"lIhHb1r ..lIioll :-' , (,)j thl' worklfl,g 01 1he.' 1\1111 whi c h Poyntz l\rid~ WdS restored between 1975 ;jlld I~ ::;O ;jlld th"n rc-opened a$ a working Illu, eun,. The 111111 Chris Bryan has contributed the following status report:­ is worked by c lOSing all hatChes on the previous Iow water and the illcoming tide pours through the sea hatch flaps to fill th(, tidal mill pOlld. The irnpounded water i$ rele:l,ed A lot of work has still to be done to install the new forged balls in the pivot through the internal eastern h:ltch once th(' tide ha$ receded sufficiently to ('I('"r th(' bearing. The flall1('·cut I!" stcel platc for the uppcr i>l'arlllg ring i, With :o,outhdowll waterwheel of baCkwater. About four hour, milling time ;,re available each tld" lllLowfield Heath Windmill reconstruction is progressing to SChl' '" .. r Oil" pa tterned engine­ danger of losing t ouch with the main party; indeed it has to be admitted that our houses (dated 1905 and 1912) with 1916 and 19 ) 4 burltl ll jl:" ,,( I,lched. The plant consists numbers were in fact reduced by two halfway round and we never sa w them again' of a Hathorn-Davey triple expansion vertic.l1 \ 11'.111 , rlllll'I11111: cngrne, a Babcock and Wilcox boiler, three diesel engines ,JI1d five lillle' k,f,,·. I." 11,., " .l tcr-softening proc ('~s. It So after nearly 2j hours of intriguing and enjoyable perambulations the large was most interesting to inspect the 1902 1,1110 " .".d \.. ',t \' tl,e small inclined tr,.,nway majority of the party managed it back to the start point; not a little weary and footsore built to take the wagons to the d1c1rr:lll{; 11 01'1 1. Wt' ""'U 5.J W the slaking pit where the but With the distinctly masochistic sallsfactlon of having probably seen all the lA that lime from the kilns was mixed with "" .Jt CI, t/r. · ' . I ,j \'~" trw t ",lIk and the filter hOlJ'" where

- 3 ­ Chichester had to offer on one of the hottest days in the year. Our thanks to Ray Riley and it worries me that much valuable lA 1I1ateri;d which may have la!,:en many hours of for his considerable time and effort in organizing and leading a tour full of interest and patient rese.3rch, should be lost if such m;llcri.31 is destroyed by some unsympathelic incident - and thanks and congratulations to all who came and survived' executor. TONY BAXTER I h.3ve recently h.3d my will redrafted and my solicitor has included til£' followin" OBITUAR Y - A.G. ALLNUTT cl.3use which could be modif,ed .3ccordlllg to circulllst.3nces. I strongly recommend that any member who possess .3ny lA m.3teri.31 should add a similar codicil to their will. Alan Allnutt, who died on 20th May after a short illness, was one of the most hard­ working and enthusiastic members of the SIAS. A ["' ellow of the Institute of Civil "I GIVE free of cap't.:d transfer lax to Iny Executor all my papers photographs books Engineers, he was already interested in Industrial Archaeology having worked for some magazines and other artiCles ;lIld effects which I may have at the dat£' of Iny death time on the Institute'S record of early structures of historical interest. On retiring from and which relate to my ~!lldy of Industrial Archaeology on trust tkll they shall be a responsible position at Portsmouth Dockyard he joined the SIAS in early 1974 and produced to the Sussex Induslri;.1 Arch.3eological Society acting by their Chairman shortly afterwards accepted the position of West Sussex Sec"retary, a post which he or General Secretary for the time b£'ing in the hope thZlt they will retain the whol£' reluctantly resigned in the autumn of 1981, though he remained on the Committee until or such part as they shall in their absolute discretion select of those items ;.nd th£' the end of 1985. receipt of the ChairmJn Gcneral Secrt'tZlry or other proper Officer for th£' tim£' being shall be full and sufficient diSCharge to my Executor for the gift herein. Any He became interested in restoration work and in October 19 75 he organized a such items not being selected by the Sussex Industrial ArchaeologicZlI Society sh.311 working party at Coultershaw Mill to assess the possibility of restoring the pump to fall to form part of my reSiduary estate". working order. The mill itself had long been demolished but a water-wheel driven pump RON MARTIN remained in the basement which, installed in 1792, had pumped water up from the River Rother to supply Petworth House and town. A great deal of work was involved in the SUSSEX INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY - INSUI~ANCE restoration and it was fortunate that Alan was a good mechanical engineer as well, with his own workshop. The pump was restored to working order, supplying a small fountain For the benefit of new members a brief summary of the Society's insurance poliCy outside, and an official opening was held on 4th July 1980. Su bsequently a 100 year old is set out below. Cover is in force through the Council for British Archaeology and is in barn from Goodwood was erected over the pump to house .m exhibition and display, and three sections, Cu s tom~ry exclusions ilpplying to each section. opened to the public in the summer of 1982. I. Public Liability il15urance to indemnify the Society Zlnd its members for legal At the end of 1982 Alan started a project t o restore and re-posi tion Poyntz Bridge, liability up to l2,000,000 anyone Zlccident for personal injury or property damage, an old swing bridge over the Chichester Ca nal. This will probably be operative by the including the liability of one member to another, arising from the activities of the end of this year and it is a tragedy that he did not live t o sc.:e his proj('ct completed. Society, excluding any li~bility arising from motor vehicles or under contract. As weJJ as giving advice on various projects Alan had many o ther interests which he 2. Personal Accident cover for members working on behalf of the Society:­ researched and contributed a number of artic l es on these 10 t he Newsletter. These (a) l3,000 for death, loss of limbs or sight or permanent total disablement included seaside piers, the structure of the Royal Pa vilion a t f'lri ghton, early aviation (b) llO per week for temporary total disablement for up to 48 weeks, excluding the efforts by Weiss at Amberley, various agricultl,ral c; ngJl1eerJl1 8 pr ojects in Sussex, and first 4 weeks. C.E. Jessop's work on railways and harbours in Sussex from I. 79,3 to 1820. 3. Loss or damage to:­ Alan was a man of very wide interests and abilities; he worked tremendously for the SIAS and Amberley Chalk Pits Museum, of which he was a patron. His death will be a (a) equipment and machinery hired or borrowed by the Society, limit ll,OOO, great loss to the many projects in which he was interested and to all hIS many friends in excluding the first l25 Sussex. (b) the Society's property, limited to l500 for moveable items and ll,OOO for static JOHN HASELFOOT items, excluding in each case the first 1I O. This section does not cover member's own property or IndividuZlI items in excess of l I 00 or damage to SHOREHAM HARBOUR PHOTOGRAPHS buildings.

Several photographs of Shoreham Harbour in the 1920s have been recei ved by the AMBERLEY CHALK PITS MUSEUM Society from Mrs TourJe whose grandfather was the photographer. These ha ve now been placed in the MarJipins Museum at Shoreham for safe keeping and display. We are The highlight of recent weeks, and indeed of this season, was undoubtedly the grateful to Mrs Tourle for making them available. opening of our 1930s Country Garage by HR H Prince Michael of Kent on ThurSday 4th May. MOUNTFIELD OVERHEAD CABLE RAILWAY The ceremony was performed by the Prince driving a vintage Vauxhall Wensum Mr W.R. Crawshaw has sent the Society a map and set of photographs of the tourer through a white ribbon at the garage entrance. overhead cable railway at Mountfield from which it is hoped that an artic le will be The display is a representation of a typical country garage of the early 1930s with compiled for a future issue of Sussex Industrial History. We ar e indebted to Mr hand-wound petrol pumps with extension arms. Visitors can see various repairs being Crawshaw for this contribution and would recommend that other members look around "undertaken", including a Model T Ford lorry axle. A 1920s Bean touring car loaned by their localities with a view to producing something similar if there are i t ems o f lA H.D. Steele &. Son also features in the workshop. interest near them. Also part of the garage is a reconstruction of B.C. Floyd's cycle repair shop WHAT'S IN YOUR WILL? formerly in Surrey Street, Littlehampton. The follOwing is re-printed The carriage hoist from the Wadhurst wheelwright's shop was successfully recovered recently thanks to a joint effort by museum 'staff and SIAS members. We look forward Archaeological to similar ventures in the future. or researched, much of The new Museum Library rapidly nears completion: at the time of writing, carpet None of US is immortal has been laid, electrical installation is imminent and new bookshelves are ready to erect.

(/ ... - - 5 ­ Fin;Jlly we are sad to lose John L~"ld, our Technical Olllcer since September I 'JS2. John officially retires at the cnd of May and will be sadly mi~ s ed by uS all . Wc wish IlInl the rise of service trJdes tllOlt OlccompOlny Ihis ch;:mg('. SIl;JCI< bolrs, slIlolll cales Jlld leJ­ ;J very happy ;Jnd contented retiremel\! and 1001< forw;Jrd \0 continue s('eing him ;JS ;J rooms have all growll ill number ;Jnd th(' chang(' in retJil oullels h;JS Ollso altered till' regular volunteer. character of this ~\rt';J. WIll're previously thert> wer(' shops ,('lllIlg worl oldC'r residenti;J1 p:Jrts of till' 13RIGHTON'S NORTH LAINE - continuity or chOlng e" district lose their sociJI geography terlll 'workll\g-l1len's hom(',' so the transition 01 Ihe housing into smart town houses by the process "nown '-'s g('ntrificOltion t,-,Iwindmills, ships, bridges, motorcars, oral histories of working lives all pour off the overshadowed by the vast bulk of St. Bartholomew's church in the next block or furlong presses, sometimes with monotonous regularity. Are we then in danger of losing amongst to the nor th. La t terIy the Hudson's store had been in use as a Comet discount warehouse all this academic and nostalgic work lA gems that have appeared in otherwise non·IA and the lower floors had for many years been the plumbing and hardware firm of E.G. works? How olten have we come across items that come under the lA heading in novels Brown a combination that echoed the pasl uses of the area as one of storage and or poetry? Immediately think of the Wealden iron industry referred to in Puck of Pook's metalworking. During March and April of Ihis year the demolition took place and !::!i!.!. by Kipling:­ another piece of Brighton'S economic history has gone. The only gain is that new vistas of the Station are revealed. "See you the dimpled track that runs All hollow through the wheat North Laine lies in that area of the urban pattern referred to by geographers as the o that was where they hauled the guns 'zone in transition' and one of the features of this area is the constant redevelopment That smote King Philip's fleet" and restructuring of local economy that takes place. Thus the old premises noted in the Field Guide as the Brighton Electricity Generating Station in North Road was pulled down Daniel Defoe's A tour through the whole island of Great Britain published in 1724 a couple 01 years ago and the site was redeveloped as a large Y.M.C.A. hostel, sheltere gives much detail on industry at a time when production was rapidly increasing, e.g. the housing and office development. Across the road from the hostel the building on th' Canterbury silk weaving, Wealden iron, Shoreham shipbuilding, Chichester granaries, as S.W. corner of Foundry Street, the aptly titled Brighthove Electro-plating Co, has in the well as numerous items on the great industrial areas 01 the north., last few weeks been demolished and the steel framework for its replacement is already in Surprisingly for a work entitled A general view of the agriculture of the county of place. In Foundry Street at the northern end the old leather goods warehouse of James Sussex the Rev. Arthur Young includes many industrial elements in his 1813 treatise. Smith, a building with the distinctive engraved glass windOWS, has had its north wall Roads and bridges, canals, charcoal, lime, timber, coal freight, iron, gunpowder, paper, pulled out ; luckily the windows proclairning 'Smith, Boot Factor' have been left intact but bricks and potash; all entered with many details of costs and labour. whether the fine granite setts that characterised the yard will also survive is unknown. The old goods hoist on this wall has gone. It would make a useful addition to the Newsletter if members could write a short note on 'Hidden lA' sources of which they know. Is it all doom and gloom? Br ighton is a dynOl m ic t own, ever changing, and the GEOFFREY MEAD North Laine changes more than most. Ther ein l ies part o f itS c harm. It is not a museum piece but a working environment that com bmes a live ly re tail sector with many specialist VINE'S WINDMILL shops, a large range of printing ar, d pLlb lishlng bUsII1esses from The Evening Argus building to tiny litho-printers, brass fOlmders, timber - yar ds, furniture makers, leather works and With reference to Sussex Industrial Hi$tory No. 18, (The Windmills and Millers of builders' stores. The whole area IS changing as the r ole of the town as a whole changes Llrighton), I have received 0 letter from Mr R. Philpott, Leylands Farm, North Chailey, with the reduction in tt, e manufacturing base and the rise of the commercial, retail and which gives more detail of the history of Vine's Mill. It reads:­ service industr ies. Thus the spread 01 office spaces 1I1to the North Laine has seen with it My great grandmother Iluth Knight who I:lter m.:lrried Daniel Pannett W:lS born in

- 6 ­ - 7 ­ My r('''':lfch will I,ll", III th" Wivelsfield, and wrltmg hl)! ne from hn e'"ploYf1lent III Bflgllton in 1$32 sht' 1ll.JJ.;c, the cOllllllent that hc-r brother Tholllas who worJ.;ed with ,\1r. VlIle would I,ke ..! l\ritlSh Hall HiSlllrlc.J1 Ih' c'ords, thl' Water Board Archives, 10c .J1 brick dil ferent colour smock. 0\01' ••" .... industry IlKln.JF,ers and experts within I believe he later worked Be..!r Iload and East End Mills. She also wrote saying her the Susscx Industrial Archacl)logic,li employers weren't satisfied with the flour and would her f..!ther John Knight send Society, and I will gladly prescnt lily some flour from the water",ill at Lindfield. Mr. I'im was the carrier ..It th..!t tillle. findings in a latc'r bulletin. In thc HAIWLD T. [)AWES ~ meantime I would be h.Jppy hI hC.Jr I from al\yonc who h.Js any otlwr ,dC:IS THE HANL YE HAND- TRUCK of what the truck f1light h.Jv,' ueen used for. About five years ago I rescued this tiny truck from an antique dealer who, not realising its worth, was about to destroy it in order to clear out his shed. L.DONE It is basically an oak hopper with iron strapping which rested on, and is removable off of, a trestle chassis; extra strengthening bars hold it together and protect it from ) spade damage. '} The truck is 4ft. long by 2ft. high with 6in. ground clearance; the width is 11 ft., increased to 21ft. due to the outrigger(s) which could be laid across the top in the rollocks. It ran on only two large oak wheels which were metal-banded; neither of them swivel so it could only have been designed to run in a straight line. The axles have the characteristics of a cart-wheel axle, which makes me believe it could have run in a cut channel in the ground - stability being provided by the truc k nestling into a deep groove. In motion, the L-sided chassis would have kept the hopper from being dragged off ­ there is the remains of a mild attachment chain, allowing tipping to one side only. The outrigger(s) inclusive of wheels would suggest that the truck ran along a purpose-built gantry or tunnel so that vertical stability would have been assured. Once outside, however, the whole device might have promptly fallen over unless the groove was sufficient to keep it upright. THE HANLYE The 2 cu.ft. capacity would have allowed for very little volume, and the hopper itself needs two people to lilt it but probably one person could push it loaded without too HAND-TRUCK much difficulty. So the task is now to define for which extractive industry it was designed - and this is where the problems start, and the trail begins. The following two items are reprinted from the East Grinstead Society's Bulletin 44 (Autumn 1988) with the kind permission of the author and the Society. The truck was obtained from Balcombe Forest, West Sussex. The owner could tell me nothing about it, or where it came from, although someone, at some stage, had LIME KILNS IN EAST GRINSTEAD coated it in protective paint. In an article 'Lime Kilns in Central Sussex' in Sussex Industrial History, no.2 Slides taken of it have been sent to various experts - Amberley Chalk Pits Museum, (Summer 1971), pp. 23-30, Mrs M. Holt explains that the production of lime from chalk Department of Engineering at the Science Museum in London, the NAMHO Conference was boosted in the late 16th and early 17th centuries by its use as a fertiliser by involving various industrial museum curators - but no-one can say what it is, and agricultural improvers and by the demand for it for infilling and plastering walls and specifically what it was used for. Various suggestions have been made, including iron furnace gantry hopper or chalk mine wagon, and as one person stated: "It was made, making mortar as brick and stone became more extensively used in building. Wood, peal therefore it was useful - but I imagine it was a one off. In any other situation I think or furze was normally used for firing the kilns. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was the reaction would have been to shoot the designer." common for each farm to have its own kiln and there were others on road verges, commons and wastelands. There were some families who travelled the country working There are some lines of research I will be doing to follow up certain ideas:­ the kilns and some commercially operated kilns. Was it used in the mines at West Hoathly, some three miles distant? Mrs Holt does not include East Grinstead in the area covered by her article but These were sandstone, so a bit unlikely I think. W.H. Hills in his History of East Grinstead states (p.13), without Citing any authority, Was it used in the clay industry - small scale brick-making, whose ponds are J that the public lime kilns formerly stood at North End on the Common (enclosed scattered amongst the woods and fields of this area? - Too small probably. piecemeal from c.1760). Farmers fetched chalk by road from Lewes and made their own 1 lime in the kilns which were used by whoever needed them and so 'disputes in regard to Was it used in the removal of blockages in tunnels or sewers locally? their occupation were not rare. The cartage of chalk was so great and so necessary an industry that by man)" general and local Acts conveying it were exempted from the Was it specially used in the boring of the Balcombe Tunnel, constructed for the payment of tolls, but a special clause was inserted in the last Act governing the East London-Brighton railway line which opened in 12th July, 1841? Grinstead roads (1850), withdrawing this exemption in regard to chalk and lime and This last idea is quite an eXCiting possibility as the house and shed where I came continuing it in regard to lime only when being conveyed for use in improving land'. across the truck are only a mile distant from the railway and would have been built The only private lime kiln specifically no'ted so far is that at Mays Farm in 1836. around the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The house is also next door to the Cowdray Kiln Field at the same farm is mentioned in 1840 and 1841. In the latter year there was Arms in Balcombe Forest which would probably have accommodated the managers of the a Lime Kiln Field at Hill Place. diggers of the Tunnel. Is it possible that after the completion of their work, the truck was left behind at their billeting quarters and kept preserved in the shed for 150 years? Other Kiln Fields, Kilnfield Woods, Kiln Platts, etc. are recorded at various dates

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. 12 ­ - 13 ­ SecrctJry D.H. Cox, 3 Middle lioJd, l'~rtr,c1he Green, HorshJln, West Sussex. Illll 3 ~U/\ \V;)nlord Mill, nucl is Iry.ng to lind ,0llle\)lIe to \;.)ISalvington Windmill. Peter Pearce reported that work was proceeding. T 0243-551117 and 552176 bedstone had been reset. Work is progressing on the drive to the stones. The Mill is no K.J.W. StrudwiCk, 39 Morton Road, East Grinsted, RHI9 4AF 0342-313401 turning but not driving the machinery as yet. The meal bin is under construction. e.E. Waite, 48A Wannock Road, Lower Willingdon, Nr. Eastbourne, BN20 9SD Polegate 4763 A.E. Bancroft, Springfields, Ogbourne, Colerne, Nr Chippenham, Wilts, SN 14 8DJ 0225-742156 Nutley Mill. Brian Pike reported that the mill was badly damaged in the hurricane. S.A. Boakes, 64 Wyndham Road, Pet worth, GUn OEQ Pet worth 43491 There was a cracked sheer with the mill leaning at 10 degrees. At present the mill is Miss L.E. Brook, 60 East View Fields, Plumpton Green, Lewes, BN7 3EF Plumpton 890411 propped up with "Acrows". L.e. Cole, The Mill, Upper Horsebridge, Nr. Hailsham Lowlield Heath Windmill. Pt'tcr James reported on good progress with the removal and R. Girling, 16 Hawkins Way, Hailsham Hailsham 847608 re-erection of the mill at Ch ... rlwood. Th" new roundhouse is rebuilt to the old design J. Hunter, "Denarius", New Road, Codford, Warminster, Wilts, BAI2 ONS 0985- 50768 and restoration continues in the ba rn. It is hoped that by October 1989 the mill will be N.D. Iden, 12 Elmwood Avenue, Bognor Regis, P022 8DE 0243-827451 budt and have one set 01 sails Iltte d. T.J. Martin, 21 Baldwin Avenue, Eastbourne, BN21 IUJ 0323-31514 Mrs S. Montford, 10 Claremont Road, Brighton, BNI 6SG Brighton 509209 For those with some spar e c a s h the lollowing mdls are up for sale. ILJ. Pil

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