Hailsham, Ersham Road c.1960
Photo ref:
H6065
More about this scene
This pond with its island is a most attractive feature in the outer part of the town. While it is somewhat municipalised nowadays, it is very ancient. The earliest reference to it is a sad one in 1263, in the Sussex Assize Roll for that year. It is reported to the coroner that one Gilbert, son of Gilbert Godseb, drowned in the pond while bathing. The walled enclosure on the far bank is inscribed 'This Sheltered Corner was Endowed by Harold and Winifred Morgan in Memory of their Father, James Henry Morgan'.
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