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The Weald was not the only area of Sussex that was forested in Saxon times: for example at the western end of Sussex is the Manhood Peninsula, which these days is largely deforested. The name is probably derived from the Old English maene-wudu meaning "men's wood" or "common wood" indicating that it was once woodland.
John Evelyn (1620–1706), whose family estate was Wotton House on the River Tillingbourne near Dorking, Surrey, was an essayist, diarist, and early author of botany, gardening and geography. The second half of E. M. Forster's A Room with a View takes place at the protagonist's family home, "Windy Corner", in the Weald.
In 2007, the Weald and Downland Living Museum Historic Clothing Project was founded by Hannah Tiplady, Head of Interpretation, consulted by Goodman and historical costumier Barbara Painter. [ 17 ] In 2022, Goodman was featured in A Farm Through Time with brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson , [ 18 ] a three-part series shown on Channel 5 that ...
(Richard Lyvet of Firle was lord of the manor of Catsfield in 1431.) With a fortune built on ancestral landholdings and later on iron making, the Levetts held land across Sussex. The parish church is dedicated to St Laurence. [3] Catsfield is located in the Sussex Weald within the designated landscape the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural ...
The society produces a quarterly magazine Sussex Family Historian for members, containing articles, letters and lists of members' interests and a newsletter, Sussex Links. SFHG runs an online forum and a comprehensive website with both public and members' areas. The site received the FFHS Best Website Award in 2003-4 and 2007. [2]
The Weald and Downland Living Museum (known as the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum until January 2017) is an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The museum is a registered charity . [ 1 ] The museum covers 40 acres (16 ha), with over 50 historic buildings dating from 950AD to the 19th century, along with gardens, farm animals, walks ...
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex b. 1984 (5th in line [b]) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex b. 1981: Peter Phillips b. 1977: Zara Tindall, Mrs Mike Tindall b. 1981: Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi b. 1988: Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank b. 1990: Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor b. 2003: Lord James Mountbatten-Windsor b. 2007: Prince ...
Buxted is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex in England. The parish is situated on the Weald, north of Uckfield; the settlements of Five Ash Down, Heron's Ghyll and High Hurstwood are included within its boundaries.