Upper Beeding, The River Adur c.1960
Photo ref: U40039
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Today the River Adur's main channel passes under Beeding Bridge, from which this photograph was taken. Before the 17th century, the river was divided into two large channels south of Beeding; the eastern channel flowed under the old wooden bridge at Beeding, while the western channel flowed under Great Stone Bridge at Bramber.

A Selection of Memories from Upper Beeding

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 Upper Beeding

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I went to Steyning C.Sec. My uncle, Jack Longhurst, was the baker at Greens for many years, his daughter Shirley still lives in the village.
Upper Beeding was the best place in the world to live and grow up, it's not the same now, there's too many townies.
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 in the process of editing and publication, hence the title of this ...see more
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 have now moved back into Upper Beeding but I find it quite un-nerving that the High Street seems to look almost unchanged!