My Birthplace? "Little Danewood Cottage", Church Rd, Dane Hill

A Memory of Danehill.

I believe the cottage in the bottom right hand corner could be near my birthplace? If it is, it is one of two cottages on the hill leading up to the church from the village and just below the cemetary? The house belonged to my Aunt , Kate Scutt, whose husband was a tailor, by trade. The field to the bottom left I think was called "The Scouts field" and the curved stone wall on the LHS enclosed a very old cemetary in 1920. The white road curving through this picture is I believe the London Road leading to Fletching and other villages through to Brighton and upon which there was a row of small cottages and shops containing a Baker, a sweet shop and a shoemaker.

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We live in one of the Little Danewood cottages, I wonder if it was ours! My daughter was recently born in this house - so it's obviously a great birth place. :-)

By sjludbrookmiles on Mon Mar 21st 2016, at 11:13 pm

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The cottage I was born in was one of two on Church road . It had an alley way beside it. I remember the house below the cottages on the point of London road and Church Road, was owned by a chappie who used to sit in his shed with the doors wide open, making coffins. I would dearly love to see a recent photo of the cottages as I'm now in my 96 th year.

By jltamblyn on Fri Apr 22nd 2016, at 5:36 am

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Kate Scutt was my great great grandmother. She's buried in the churchyard behind the photograph. Danehill looks much the same now.

By daniel.de.frampton on Mon Jun 6th 2016, at 1:49 pm

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