Chailey, Village Green c.1950
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Photo of Chailey, Village Green c.1950

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A scattered village on a hilltop in the centre of Sussex. Friendly societies began here at the Five Bells Inn in 1782. The Heritage is a specialised health care institution for disabled children with buildings in several locations around the area. High Common was famous for potteries, and bricks are still made in the area. North Common has a white smock windmill reckoned to be the exact centre of Sussex. A temporary World War Two fighter airfield was constructed at Chailey in 1943, with grass runways.

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I am a relative of the Beards of S.Chailey. My g/father was the Master of the workhouse later called Pouchlands. He was also the register of the area (births/deaths etc). His wife Gertrude lived opposite the Mill Lane windmill in later days and I think I remember it, next to the bakery.
My family were the Beards from the shop on the green next to the church. They had the shop from around 1754 to around the 1930s. George Beard the first was good friends with Thomas Turner who kept a diary, he recorded eleven colourful years of life in a Georgian village. Anyone who remembers them please keep in touch, I would love to hear your story. My grandmother was Evelyn Emma Beard / Kirkham. Thanks for your help.    serenamkirkham@hotmail.com