Upper Dicker, The Plough Inn c.1950
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We are in the Cuckmere Valley, with fine views of the scarp side of the Downs. The Dicker, behind the brick wall and trees beyond the pub, is a rather odd-looking mansion, built by Horatio William Bottomley, a politician and journalist. It is now St Bede's School. Dicker Pottery made bricks, tiles and pottery. Not far away is Michelham Priory, founded in 1229 for 13 Augustinian Canons. King Edward I spent a night here on his way from Lewes to Battle. After the dissolution it became a farmhouse. Restoration of the buildings was commenced in 1927; recently it included a watermill that has been restored to working order. The inn in the photograph is offering Tamplins Brighton Ales.
An extract from Villages of Sussex Photographic Memories.
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