2010

TQ2318 : Houses, Wheatsheaf Road

taken 14 years ago, near to Blackstone, West Sussex, England

Houses, Wheatsheaf Road
Houses, Wheatsheaf Road
From right to left; Apple Acre, Little Finches and Border View Cottage. Little Finches dates from at least the 17th century and may be earlier the other two from the late 19th century. Border View may be named as it is sited directly next to a parish boundary, being in Henfield with the other two in Shermanbury whilst the southern side of the road which includes the entrance to Brighton & Hove greyhound kennels is in Woodmancote. The road is the B2116 which actually has two names being officially called Wheatsheaf Road (Also known as Albourne Road).
Shermanbury

Shermanbury's history begins back with the Saxon colonisation of the Weald. Lying next to an ancient drove route the manor was originally an outlier of Kingston Buci on the coast whose local officials may well have constructed an early fortress here for protection, the name of the parish derives from the Saxon for 'stronghold of the shire men'. The original stronghold was believed to be located on a small hillock surrounded by streams on three sides from which the manor of Shermanbury grew and where a Saxon church was later added which was mentioned in the Domesday Book. However, no village grew, for centuries the main areas of population within the parish were located on the fringes at Kent Street and Wyndham (Later Wineham). The current village of Shermanbury is largely ribbon development along the A281 that began in the 19th century.


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Category: Houses > Houses
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Wheatsheaf Road [12] · Kennels [3] · Border View [2] ·
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TQ2318, 67 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Simon Carey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 18 September, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 19 September, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 234 181 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:56.9691N 0:14.6380W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 234 181
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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