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The Weald School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form. [1] It caters for around 1,700 pupils in years 7 to 13, including over 300 in its sixth form . The school opened in 1956, and celebrated its 60th anniversary in the academic year 2016-17.
View south across the Weald of Kent as seen from the North Downs Way near Detling. The Weald (/ ˈ w iː l d /) is an area of South East England between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs. It crosses the counties of Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, and Kent.
The medieval church also set up various hospitals and schools in Sussex, including St Mary's Hospital in Chichester (c. 1290–1300); [54] St Nicholas' Hospital in Lewes, which was run by the monks of Lewes Priory; [55] and the Prebendal School close to Chichester Cathedral.
The High Weald still has about 35,905 hectares (138.63 sq mi) of woodland, including areas of ancient woodland equivalent to about 7% of the stock for all England. [162] When the Anglo Saxon Chronicle was compiled in the 9th century, there was thought to be about 2,700 square miles (700,000 ha) of forest in the Sussex Weald. [156] [157]
The geology of East Sussex is defined by the Weald–Artois anticline, a 60 kilometres (37 mi) wide and 100 kilometres (62 mi) long fold within which caused the arching up of the chalk into a broad dome within the middle Miocene, [1] which has subsequently been eroded to reveal a lower Cretaceous to Upper Jurassic stratigraphy.
The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex Rev. Thomas Walker Horsfield FSA (christened 2 December 1792, Sheffield - 26 August 1837, Chowbent , Lancashire ), was an English Nonconformist minister, topographer, and historian best known for his works The History and Antiquities of Lewes (1824-26) and The History, Antiquities ...
1994 - The old Tanbridge House School lower school (school years 7–9) that was built in 1975 is demolished and a new Sainsburys is built in its place. 1994 - The new Tanbridge House School is opened two weeks behind schedule in late Sept. 1994 - New Sun Alliance building is opened in the place of the demolished Stockland House.
Wealden is a local government district in East Sussex, England.Its council is based in Hailsham, the district's second largest town.The district also includes the towns of Crowborough, Polegate and Uckfield, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.