www.sidleshamheritagetrail.co.uk Avenue Third Read more about the LSA on our website: website: our on LSA the about more Read Second Avenue Avenue and three have award winning gardens. winning award have three and First different commercial uses or become equestrian facilities facilities equestrian become or uses commercial different N Many of the holdings have been sub-let, converted to to converted sub-let, been have holdings the of Many www.mwhg.org.uk modern farming methods, others selling at the roadside. roadside. the at selling others methods, farming modern ownership. A few independent growers remain, some using using some remain, growers independent few A ownership. 14 15 Sleepy Lagoon; Tales of the Medmerry Marshes & Walk the Selsey Tramway. Selsey the Walk & Marshes Medmerry the of Tales Lagoon; Sleepy until the late 1990s. Today most properties are in private private in are properties most Today 1990s. late the until 13 A Sense of Place Walks: East Beach Amble; Seaside Stroll; Tracks, Trees and Tees; Beyond the the Beyond Tees; and Trees Tracks, Stroll; Seaside Amble; Beach East Walks: Place of Sense A group of tenants formed their own company which traded traded which company own their formed tenants of group Easton 12 Walks around Sidlesham around Walks The LSA continued until its official closure in 1983 when a a when 1983 in closure official its until continued LSA The Lane Almodington All Aboard - Selsey’s Love Affair with Railway Carriages. Railway with Affair Love Selsey’s - Aboard All harvested, collected, packed and marketed centrally. centrally. marketed and packed collected, harvested, Lane The Selsey Heritage Trail - Discover Selsey’s Twelve Blue Plaques Blue Twelve Selsey’s Discover - Trail Heritage Selsey The and salad crops which were were which crops salad and Produced by the Manhood Wildlife & Heritage Group. Heritage & Wildlife Manhood the by Produced eggs, bacon, fruit, vegetables vegetables fruit, bacon, eggs, 11 C Other Heritage Trail and Walk Publications: Walk and Trail Heritage Other children worked to produce produce to worked children acres of land. Men, wives and and wives Men, land. of acres Copyright MWHG 2015 MWHG Copyright battery, a glasshouse and 4 4 and glasshouse a battery, B Design & Printing by SRP Design and Print, Chichester (www.srpress.co.uk) Chichester Print, and Design SRP by Printing & Design a house, piggery, chicken chicken piggery, house, a Text by Dr. Bill Martin (Manhood Wildlife & Heritage Group) Heritage & Wildlife (Manhood Martin Bill Dr. by Text tenant was provided with with provided was tenant A Mapsons Map artwork by Peter White (Manhood Wildlife & Heritage Group) Heritage & Wildlife (Manhood White Peter by artwork Map market gardening. Each Each gardening. market Lane poultry, rearing pigs and and pigs rearing poultry, Councils. three legged stool - breeding breeding - stool legged three assistance from The Novium Museum in Chichester as well as Sidlesham and Earnley Parish Parish Earnley and Sidlesham as well as Chichester in Museum Novium The from assistance the LSA was known as the the as known was LSA the The overall project has been funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, with additional financial financial additional with Fund, Lottery Heritage the by funded been has project overall The smallholdings. The ethos of of ethos The smallholdings. LSAs across the country. Sidlesham was the largest with 120 120 with largest the was Sidlesham country. the across LSAs Highleigh and for enabling a relative newcomer to appreciate the impact of the LSA within the village. the within LSA the of impact the appreciate to newcomer relative a enabling for and Lane Fletchers Road and shipbuilders moved with their families to 20 different different 20 to families their with moved shipbuilders and 10 bring the heritage trail to life. Special thanks to Val Gatehouse for her contribution to the research research the to contribution her for Gatehouse Val to thanks Special life. to trail heritage the bring . Over 1,000 unemployed miners miners unemployed 1,000 Over . cities” industrialised the The trail is dedicated to all the LSA tenants, staff and their families who shared their stories to to stories their shared who families their and staff tenants, LSA the all to dedicated is trail The provision of rural small-holdings for unemployed persons from from persons unemployed for small-holdings rural of provision : Acknowledgements scheme, with financial assistance from the Government, for the the for Government, the from assistance financial with scheme, Lockgate Road “to carry out an experimental experimental an out carry “to established was It Friends. of at the owner’s risk. owner’s the at the industrial depression under the auspices of the Society Society the of auspices the under depression industrial the Lane Cow access. Car parking is entirely entirely is parking Car access. supported initiative, was founded in 1934 at the height of of height the at 1934 in founded was initiative, supported 1 9 the public has undisputed undisputed has public the The Land Settlement Association (LSA), a government- a (LSA), Association Settlement Land The Rotten Row Association (LSA): (LSA): Association or other paths over which which over paths other or 2 are along public rights of way way of rights public along are Brief History of the Land Settlement Settlement Land the of History Brief 4 publication all of the routes routes the of all publication 8 inaccuracies. At the time of of time the At inaccuracies. Chalk Lane trail. There are no pavements in Almodington. Almodington. in pavements no are There trail. accept responsibility for for responsibility accept 3 Batchmere and Almodington, adding a further 4 miles to the the to miles 4 further a adding Almodington, and Batchmere this trail the author cannot cannot author the trail this Keynor pavements. There are footpaths linking Sidlesham to to Sidlesham linking footpaths are There pavements. Lane been taken in compiling compiling in taken been 6 about 2 hours, mostly on flat lanes, sometimes on narrow narrow on sometimes lanes, flat on mostly hours, 2 about Whilst every care has has care every Whilst 7 The route around Sidlesham is a 5 mile circular stroll, taking taking stroll, circular mile 5 a is Sidlesham around route The End Street Selsey Road Refreshments can be purchased at a public house & a petrol station on the route in Sidlesham. in route the on station petrol a & house public a at purchased be can Refreshments Lane the stories of the men and women who worked on the land. the on worked who women and men the of stories the The trail can be used in conjunction with OS Explorer Map 120. 120. Map Explorer OS with conjunction in used be can trail The visiting different locations which have been brought to life by by life to brought been have which locations different visiting 5 development of the LSA in Sidlesham and Batchmere by by Batchmere and Sidlesham in LSA the of development www.sidleshamheritagetrail.co.uk www.sidleshamheritagetrail.co.uk The heritage trail provides a guide to explore the the explore to guide a provides trail heritage The Find out more about the Sidlesham & Batchmere LSA and the heritage trail on our website: website: our on trail heritage the and LSA Batchmere & Sidlesham the about more out Find Introduction: Additional information: Additional for hiring casual staff, including students from Chichester College and inmates from Ford Prison. a very nice place to grow up with some fond memories”. No 144: Godfrey Shirt was Service Department Manager with responsibility for lorry and tractor drivers as well as central services, such as rotavation and soil sterilisation, offered to tenants. Continue on Almodington Lane until the junction with Easton Lane on the left. Continue south along Almodington Lane. Easton Lane (No 138 & 139) At the start of the LSA there First Avenue (Nos 94-108) was a General Stores here. When this closed “it was across The cottages on the left were previously stables and barns for Batchmere Farm. Early on shire the fields to stores at Somerly or Birdham or cycle down the horses transported the produce from the smallholdings to the Packing Shed next door. Later lanes to leave your bike by the ditch before catching the bus the barns were used for agricultural equipment which could be hired by the tenants and the into Chichester. The nearest pubs were across the fields to the wooden building was the stores. The field at the rear of the buildings was home to Batchmere Pound Inn at Highleigh or The Bell at Birdham which also had a Football Club where “players used to change in the stables and hall where weekly dances were held with a piano and drums for Sidlesham wash in the horse trough”. music.” No 100: Karl Holly arrived in 1938 from Tredegar, having Stay on Almodington Lane to reach No 130: The LSA piggery previously been a miner in the Rhondda Valley. was where sows were brought to meet the boar. Male piglets His wife Edith and 6 children arrived three months later. in the litters were fattened up on the smallholdings before Heritage Trail They had 6 more children - no wonder the school needed an being taken to Chichester Abattoir (by A27 Stockbridge extension! Roundabout). A Tribute to the Sidlesham & Batchmere No 107: Ernie Boxall arrived in 1966. At the closure of the Further along Almodington Lane to Earnley is No 133: Henry Land Settlement Association LSA in 1983 he became Chair of Sidlesham Growers, which Cloud, a boiler maker from Palmers Shipyard in Jarrow was established as an independent company with 89 of the arrived in 1937 and in 1942 he was awarded a certificate In 1936 more than 100 unemployed miners and shipbuilders former tenants.