BL A C K ’ S G U IDE TO TH E S OU TH - E A S TE R N C OU NTIE S , F E NG L AND O . S U S S E X. BLACK’S GUIDE T O T HE SOUTH- EASTERN COUNTIE S F L O ENG AND. S U SS E X. mm; gap aah gamm a E D INBU R G H AD AM AND C HAR L E S BL AC K . 1861 . P R E F A C E . THIS volume has been carefully compil ed from the best ’ o o ra hi cal au hori ies and from the results ofthe writer s t p g p t t , own i In con un i i s fell o personal observat on. j ct on with t w olumes it resen s a. full and com rehensi e Guide to the v , p t p v Southern Coun ies of En land and to the nei hbourin t g , g g islands : ex lorin a ortion of our faherland whi h is p g p t , c eminently attractive from its natural beauties and historical ’ associations It has been the wr iter s aim to p oint ou t not onl the shad bo er and the ri li n stream the y y w pp g , “ — sheltered cove and the sunny spot of not only — the pictur esqu e and beau tiful in natur e bu t all that is no e or h in art and science h er to ado t w t y ; w atsoev , pt ’ “ Lord Bacon s s a el hr ase is memorable in the laces t t y p , p here we o : chur hes and monas eries i h the monu w g c t , w t ments which are therein extant the wall s and fortifications of i ies and o ns and so the ha en and harbour s an i ui c t t w , v s , t q ies and ru ins coll e es shi in and navies h ou ses and t , g , pp g , ar ens of s a e and leasur e arm enals and ma a g d t t p , ouries, ars g ” zines f a It is heref re hat hi s olu me o s e. o resumed t t , t , p t t v ma be of some ser i e in the li rar as ell as in the y v c b y, w han ds oftourist or excursionist . vi PREFACE . Errors will ou less ha e re in es i e of the com d bt v c pt , d p t ’ ’ il er s u mos are and orre ions aflorded om e ent p t t c , c ct by c p t persons will be gratefu lly acknowledged and adopted The s s em of Rou es and Bran h Rou es on whi h the y t t c t , c olu me is ased the om iler belie es to be no el and v b , c p v v , tru sts will prove serviceable and intelli gible to the travell er . Pere rinaion sa s u ain old Burton harms ou r g t , y q t , c senses i h su h uns eakable and s ee arie ha some w t c p w t v ty, t t oun him u nha ha ne er tra elle —a kin of risoner c t ppy t t v v d d p , and i his case ha from his cradl e to hi s old a e he p ty t t, g , ” — th m the ame An l h same s ill s ill e sa e s . b eho ds t e t , t , ” eakable and s eet arie is indeed resen e to p w v ty , , p t d ’ him whose p eregrinati ons embrace the fair c ounties of Sou th -Eastern England ; and the writer heartily wishes to h who acce ts him for a i erone tha ratificaion t e t ourist , p c c , t g t and deli ght whi ch he has himself enj oyed in viewing the scenes described in the present volume. NDON J 1861. LO , uly C O NT E NT S . S U S S E X. PAGE — ' FBOM BYE r o LEWES. ROUTE X. Winch elsea—HasrrNos— Bexhill—Pevensey—Polegate Berwi ck Glynde — Branch R oute Hastings to Lamb erhurst in b rid e ell s Do. Hast gs to Tun g W Battle Do. L ewes to D L ewe o rant o. s t F D L we a kfield o Tunb rid e ells o. e s vi U c t g W , , L wes East G rinstead Do. e to L ewe to Bur ess Hill Do. s g — H L WES TO C I HE T R . ROUTE XI. E C S E — — — — — — Falmer BR IG HTON Shoreham Worthing Angmering Arundel Bognor —C HICHE STER — Branch R ou te Brighton to Newhaven D Thr ee Bri es o. Brighton to dg Bri ghton to Horsham Sh oreham to Eorsham Shoreham to Petworth Arundel to R u dgwi ck Chi chester to Pulb orough Chi chester to Haselmere S U S S E X. h e her th e hi eld on the bushl ess Pike W t gh fi , Or even asand-b uil t ridge f hill s ha mound th e s a O heaped t t e , v r l murmur s harsh O e b own with , Or even al owly cottage whence we see ’ ' Stretch d wide and mi d the waste enormous marsh S U S S E X . — E E t LEWES. ROUT X. RY o m exhill 2 m Pevense 6 m. Pole ate Winchelsea 2 m. Hastin s 11 . B ; y, g , [ , g , , l n w 4 m. de 5 m. e es 3 m. 4 m. Berwick G L , y , , ] ’ Whate r ofbe utiful or new e a , blime or dreadful in earth sea or sk Su , , , y, ' ' B chance or search was ofler d to his vi ew y , ’ He scann d with cu ri ou s and romantic eye. ’ Whate er oflore tradition could su pply From G othi c tale or son or fable old , g, , Rou sed him still keen to listen and to r . , p y BE ATT IE . The road from Rye to Winchelsea is one of no peculiar inte m he ne l in a res . It runs al on the ed e of the sal ars s ar t g g t , y line i h ha ran h of th e river Ro h er hi h b its un ion w t t t b c t , w c , y j ct i h the h r C annel orms R e New Ha our . w t , f y b WINCHELSEA o ul ai on 78 — Inn the New Inn (p p t , 7 ) r etains bu t few tr aces ofits former importance yet one may di s — cern the lines of its principal seats ruins of groined vau lt and — — crypt a fragment of a shatter ed tower the ivy- gr own remains — of an ancient chapel mu te bu t el oqu ent witnesses to present de a and b n ut of ll h overished old c y ygo e prosp erity . B a t e imp towns l o erved a n the oas in helsea as Mr . Th orne has ob s g c t, W c , , is the bes It wn el wr nd does or h visi in . o s i s a e a t w t t g t f ck, not tr to et rid of th e ruins and u t on an a earan e of y g , p pp c sm artness. The wide space whi ch the town originally covered h elps now not a little to increase the reverend air it carries as a ou ruin. Y wander ab ou t its ou tskir ts among pleasant bye wa s and are s artle to o m n of a ha el y , t d c me u pon so e fragme t c p or an old house hen ou h l n w e ond , w y t ou ght yourself a o g ay b y the limi s of the o n. Let u s hen o isi the reli u es of t t w , t , g v t q ” his i and hear ha he he brave and t c ty, w t t y have to tell u s of t alm da s ha o p y y t t are g ne. 4 0 ROM RYE ro L W S. Rou e 7 F E E t 10. Old in helseaoc u ie a site abou hree mil es sou h - W c c p d , t t t east of the resen o n u on land hi h the sea has l on sin l p t t w , p w c g ce c aimed as its own It was a om le e eninsul a conne ed . c p t p , ct with the mainlan on the es Si e and e ende or i cai ons w d w t d , d f d by f t fi t hi ch were th en considered of u nu sual strength Like all the old sea ortresses it was on inuall sufferin r om the de r edations of f , c t y g f p the la l ess Norsemen and its inha i an s in heir urn be ame w , b t t , t t , c no orious ir aes and rava ed the narro seas i h h ir swift t p t , g w w t t e ll ga eys.