Arlington, East Sussex
Arlington photos
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Arlington maps
Historic maps of Arlington and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Arlington maps
Arlington books
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3 Arlington photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Arlington
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East Sussex memories
My memories of Burnt House Farm Alfriston circa 1938
I remember being taken down to Alfriston in the 1930s before the Second World War. My great-aunt and great-uncle, Polly and Arthur Newell, had a smallholding on the downs, about half a mile from the village, where they kept chickens and ducks, and a few sheep. My mother told me that Aunty Polly helped a cousin, Jack Butland, to buy the... [more]
Shared on 09 August 2009
The windmill shown in the Willingdon photos was always known to me as the Polegate windmill. I remember it when it was in working order and watching the mill stones grinding the grain. This was in the 1950s when the Council houses were starting to be built there. Later the mill closed and went into decline for some years until it... [more]
Shared on 05 April 2009
I was lucky enough to grow up in Litlington and also worked in the village shop/post office for Jack Keeble. I can trace my mothers family(Reed) back to the early 1800's they were from nearby Alfriston, so I have a very strong connection with Cuckmere valley. I had a very happy childhood, firstly in Lullington 1961 to 1966 and then Litlington... [more]
Shared on 26 November 2007
I was born and raised in Willingdon and lived two doors away from the previous correspondent Ian Friend. I also attended the school referred to as Willingdon Church Hall before a new school was built in Rapsons(?) Road, Lower Willingdon. I have very fond memories of my childhood days there and spent many hours playing and exploring the Downs nearby. The... [more]
Shared on 27 April 2009
Extracts From Arlington & East Sussex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Arlington, inspired by Frith photos.
Hailsham Photographic Memories
Two miles south-west of Michelham Priory, further downstream along the Cuckmere River, we reach Arlington, another scattered village of farmsteads bisected by the meandering river. The Cuckmere River rises six or so miles north-east of Hailsham and meanders past it to the west. Then it flows through the South Downs to reach the English Channel at Cuckmere Haven, where there is no port or settlement, unlike at Sussex's other river mouths such as the Arun, the Adur... [more]
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Hailsham Photographic Memories
From the churchyard The Street, a cul-de-sac, leads to the crossroads and the popular Yew Tree Inn, the building with the porch on the left, its Victorian brickwork now painted white. On the right we can see the timber-framed Tudor walls of The Corner House. In the distance is Tudor Cottage with its central chimney stack and steeply-pitched tiled roof, an early 16th-century timber-framed house now cased in brick.
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Hailsham Photographic Memories
The railway originally ended at Terminus Place (which is hardly surprising), and housing was laid out along the old lane onto the common: this became Western Road, with Summer Heath Road a turning off in the distance of this view. All the houses on the right, apart from the one in the middle distance with two hipped- roofed bay windows, have since been demolished. The 1960s library, together with modern housing estates, have replaced them. The survivor is... [more]
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