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Preston maps

Historic maps of Preston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Preston maps

Preston map

Historic map of Preston

East Sussex map

Illustrated Victorian map of East Sussex

Preston map

Historic Map of any Preston postcode

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Preston photos

We have no photos of Preston, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Patcham, Hove, Brighton, Portslade-By-Sea, Portslade, Falmer, Pyecombe, Woodingdean, Southwick, Mile Oak, Poynings, Ovingdean, Clayton, Fulking, Shoreham-By-Sea, Keymer, Rottingdean, Hassocks, Ditchling, Kingston Near Lewes, Plumpton

Preston books

Displaying 3 of 14 books about Preston and the local area.   View all Preston books

Sussex County Memories
Paperback
£15

Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13

East Grinstead Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13

Preston books
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Memories of Preston

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East Sussex memories

how has Patcham changed?

I was born in Wilmington Way Patcham in 1938. I remember it to be high up on the South Downs.
Has anyone posted up to date pictures of Patcham on the net, please.  I left in about 1942, and would like to know what it looks like now.

Shared on 15 April 2007 by Diana Smallbone.

Yards from home!

I grew up in Hove in the 1950s in Connaught Terrace, a small, seemingly insignificant road of terraced houses just around the corner from this church. The structure behind the church spire in this photo is a gas holder. I think there are three sited together and the streets where I and my friends played are directly behind them. My mother... [more]

Shared on 05 August 2009

Wrestling and the fire.

My earliest memories of the old Hove Town Hall are of a massively impressive red brick building opposite which was a 'Gamleys' toy shop to which I'd be taken by my mother whenever we had enough money!
There used to be professional wrestling bouts held there (the Town Hall, not the toy shop!) and I can recall being taken to see... [more]

Shared on 05 August 2009

St, Johns choir

Things are a little hazy, but, I think the year is about right, providing that this is the church on the Church Road before the gardens going towards Brighton. I used to sing in the choir under the direction of the Organist and Choir master Mr. Clifford Roberts, who also tried to teach me to play piano from reading music, but... [more]

Shared on 06 January 2009 by John Tester.

Extracts From Preston & East Sussex books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Preston, inspired by Frith photos.

Haywards Heath - A History & Celebration

In Victoria Park there are now facilities for BMX bikers, roller-bladers and skateboarders, complementing the existing children's paddling pool and tennis courts as well as the occasional fixture on a Sunday morning. Golf enthusiasts can become members of the Haywards Heath golf club and use their 18-hole golf course situated just off Portsmouth Lane on the borders with Lindfield, whilst cricketers can still enjoy the recreation ground next to the centrally located... [more]

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Haywards Heath - A History & Celebration

TODAY IT IS still possible to see some vestiges of buildings that were known to those who lived through the English Civil War almost 400 years ago; one example is Pennies, a half-timbered house thought to have been built in 1606 and mentioned on a map of 1638, and currently incorporated within Dinnages garage in Sussex/ Wivelsfield Road. Another is the Sergison Arms/Dolphin pub that was mentioned in 1599, as well as... [more]

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Haywards Heath - A History & Celebration

The aftermath of the recession left businesses striving to become more efficient. It was not just the service industries and manufacturing industries that had to transform themselves, but the local agricultural scene also needed to change. The main casualty in Haywards Heath was the closure of the livestock market, which had at one point in its existence been the twelfth largest livestock market in the country. Times certainly had changed.... [more]

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