Monthly Archives: June 2011

Roy Cook and his wife Irma, from Germany, inherited 10 acres of land in Sedlescombe in 1974, and they decided to earn a small income from organic vegetable farming, as self-suffience was all the rage then . However, they soon latched on … Continue reading →

Sedlescombe is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England.The village is located seven miles (11 km) north of St. Leonards-on-Sea, on the A21 to London. The parish lies within the High Weald Area of Outstanding … Continue reading →

 Summerfields was a boys’ preparatory school in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. It occupied the buildings previously known as Bohemia House. Bohemia House was built about 1818, and occupied the site of the former Bohemia Farm, which has given its name to … Continue reading →

Open space, one of the attractions of St. Leonards-on-Sea. In the south-east of St. Leonards you will find the Oval Playing Fields, between Bohemia Road, Falaise Road, St. Margaret’s Road and Magdalen Road. This area is also called The Convent. … Continue reading →

In 1828 James Burton (1761-1837), a successful London architect, commenced building a new town, on land owned by him, and under his own supervision. It was a purpose-built resort for the well-to-do. Among the first buildings completed were the St … Continue reading →

Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England, a civil parish and is the centre of the Lewes local government district. The settlement has a history as a bridging point and as a market town, and today as a communications … Continue reading →

Between Undercliff, Market Street, Norman Road and Mercatoria, you will find two lovely little rows of houses overlooking the sea, one of them called Mount Pleasant. This area belongs to the oldest part of St. Leonards-on-Sea, where James Burton and … Continue reading →

The first four of these were christened using the former surname Haliburton, but this was later shortened to Burton. James was the only one to return to it again. 1. WILLIAM FORD. Born Jan. 11, 1784, and named after his … Continue reading →

The earliest plan of St. Leonards, marked “March, 1827, J.B.” shows the hotel at the centre of a crescent with gardens and the Public Rooms in front and with Bath buildings facing the sea. A long garden or park lay … Continue reading →

It has already been seen that the early enthusiasm shown towards its younger neighbour by Hastings was soon tinged with jealousy for its sudden success. Many of the townspeople then living could recall their own hard and slow climb to … Continue reading →