Arlington

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 and the Ouse.
An extract from from"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.
An extract from from"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 now a Citizens Advice Bureau and a working men’s club. The recreation ground is on the left.
An extract from from"Hailsham Photographic Memories".

Half a mile south of the hamlet with the parish church and Chiddingly Place is another small hamlet, Muddles Green, where cottages fringe a small green. All four buildings in this view are Victorian: the one on the left, Birch Cottage, is of the 1860s, and the one behind the telephone pole, Jubilee Cottage, is dated 1887, while the others are of about 1900. Behind the photographer is the 1906 village school, and on the right the green has been enlarged with new houses built in the 1990s, Willetts Field.
An extract from from"Hailsham Photographic Memories".

This interior view of the church shows the 15th- century nave arcades and chancel arch; the ghost of the original roof line can be seen high above the chancel arch. The medieval roof survives, but it was lifted in 1889 when the Victorian clerestory was added. The Victorian improving biblical text over the chancel arch has been replaced by the more familiar ‘Jesus said: I am the way, the truth and the life’.
An extract from from"Hailsham Photographic Memories".