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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 ...
Sussex's building materials reflect its geology, consisting of flint on and near the South Downs and sandstone in the Weald. [15] Brick is used across the county, [ 15 ] with some regional variation. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Brighton and Lewes both developed black glazed bricks [ 15 ] and Worthing developed pale yellow bricks. [ 16 ]
Weald is specifically a West Saxon form; wold is the Anglian form of the word. [1] The Middle English form of the word is wēld, and the modern spelling is a reintroduction of the Old English form attributed to its use by William Lambarde in his A Perambulation of Kent of 1576. [2]
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.
Mayfield and Five Ashes is a civil parish in the High Weald of East Sussex, England.The two villages making up the principal part of the parish lie on the A267 road between Royal Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne: Mayfield, the larger of the two villages is ten miles (16 km) south of Royal Tunbridge Wells; with Five Ashes being 2.5 miles (4 km) further south. [3]
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.
Penhurst is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England.It is located on the Weald, 4 miles (7km) west of Battle.The parish borders Ashburnham, Battle, Brightling and Catsfield, [1] and shares a parish council with Ashburnham.
The Weald and Downland Gridshell (2002) is a building designed by Buro Happold and Edward Cullinan Architects for the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum: it was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2002. [1] The building is a structural wooden gridshell, constructed of oak sourced from Normandy, and cladded with local cedar. [2]