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Steyning maps
Historic maps of Steyning and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Steyning maps
Historic map of Steyning
Illustrated Victorian map of West Sussex
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Steyning books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Steyning and the local area. View all Steyning books
Sussex County Memories
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Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories
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East Grinstead Photographic Memories
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Memories of Steyning
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My memory of Steyning is staying at my aunt Ada's in Priory Field, walking the back lane from her house and going to a big church, and also going to the auction mart and smelling all the animals. I still relish those days.
Shared on 12 April 2008
West Sussex memories
I attended The Convent of the Blessed Sacrament between the years of 1963 to 1965 (inclusive). I was a dreadufully wild child from Colonial Africa and rejoiced in the name of Carol Anne Bult. The Reverend Mother of "The Towers" at the time was Rev Mother Marie Helen (Sister Mary Bruno was the headmistress). "The Fat Lady Sings" is a manuscript... [more]
Shared on 10 September 2008
My maternal grandparents, Ernest and Dorothy Bond had the Kings Head in 1955 and through to 1958
My mother was married from here at Christ the King in Steyning. I was born in 1958 and my parents then lived at a little cottage in the High Street called 'The Dilly'
Quite a few years have passed! and I... [more]
Shared on 16 April 2008
Memories of a little boy in Upper Beeding 1952-1954
As I get older I remember some of my early childhood in the UK. I was asked by my Grandson about my early life so am writing it down in a form of a book.
My first memories are of going to the Downs with the farmer from behind where I lived, with him and his cattle and getting into... [more]
Shared on 12 February 2008
According to research my Great Grandfather, Frank Langridge was Publican at the Kings Head in 1917, together with wife Elizabeth Jane. I have no information on when he took this pub or when he left but his son, Albert Edward Langridge was killed in Mesapotania on 9th March 1917 whilst serving with the 72nd Co Royal Engineers. I am interested in... [more]
Shared on 23 November 2007
My grandma Edith Emily Alice Patching was born in the Bridge Inn on February 2nd 1885. Her father, Richard Elias Patching was the landlord. He died in 1889 aged 32. Edith and her mother moved to Brighton. They were related to the Elms family of Beeding.
Shared on 20 June 2006
My memory is of going to my granny and grandad Fish, it was a big family of them, I know I have an aunt still there called Valerie Newman (I think) and my aunt Rosemary who had 3 daughters. I would love it if anyone knows them or knew my dad, Richard John Fish. Do get in touch with me as... [more]
Shared on 12 April 2008
The Second World War c/w training for RNVR commission
My time at Lancing was during the Second World War. Royal Navy, HMS 'King Alfred'. The final several weeks before commissioning to RNVR. I was then transferred to the Indian Army with 12 colleagues. I served with the Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles until partition in India.
Thank you Lancing College for a lovely return visit about a year ago... [more]
Shared on 05 June 2009
Extracts From Steyning & West Sussex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Steyning, inspired by Frith photos.
West Sussex Photographic Memories
Steyning was a prosperous little town before the Roman Occupation. Legend suggests that St Cuthman helped to establish Steyning in the 8th century. Until about the middle of the 14th century, the town was also a port of some note, but by then the sea had begun to recede, leaving the harbour inaccessible to shipping and the river little more than a stream.
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West Sussex Photographic Memories
The centre of Steyning includes rows of picturesque gabled houses and period buildings. When the harbour closed to shipping, Steyning concentrated its efforts on becoming a market town, holding a market twice a week and a fair twice a year. The church is of note, with a late-Norman font and a 16th-century tower.
This is an extract from West Sussex Photographic Memories.
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Sussex Revisited Photographic Memories
Following the decline of Steyning's port during the Middle Ages, the focus of the town shifted southwards from around the church and became centred on the junction of Church Street and the High Street. The building on the far right (now Numbers 1-5 Church Street) was originally a medieval Wealden timber-framed building, and is regarded as one of Steyning's treasures.
This is an extract from Sussex Revisited Photographic Memories.
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