Handcross, High Street c.1955
Photo ref: H311003
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Photo ref: H311003
Photo of Handcross, High Street c.1955

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A village on the eastern edge of the St Leonards Forest at a high point on the London to Brighton trunk road. The Red Lion, c1550, is an old coaching inn. Nymans Gardens has an ornate dovecote and is in the care of the National Trust and open to visitors. Handcross Park house is now a school. The buildings in the photograph are little changed today. The village was by-passed in 1959.

An extract from Villages of Sussex Photographic Memories.

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A Selection of Memories from Handcross

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Handcross

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Several of the local lads and I took the bell from the chapel on the bridge and for a laugh we hung it over the bridge. When large trucks passed underneath, it rang so loud it could be heard all over the village!