 |
click for Rother Valley Homepage |
 |
Rother Valley
West Sussex, England Areas Page 13 |
| Rother Valley :- homepage - photo galleries - pubs - BB - directories - churches - travel - maps - schools - index - contact us |
| Budgenor Lodge
Easebourne map ref:- 2A Built 212 years ago as a workhouse, opening on 10th October 1794 .....more [1881 census of Easebourne workhouse residents] [see also The Workhouse] Surrounding Easebourne, 17 parishes, had already combined to share the burden [of the poor & homeless] (the Gilbert Union of 1792), the solution at the time seeming to be the dreaded, divisive, workhouse which separated men, women and children. The Easebourne workhouse (now Budgenor Lodge) became the local destination for the impoverished, the aged and incapacitated. It was 1929 before the workhouse system was finally reformed. (Fernhurst society) In the latter part of the 1970s, the building, now named Budgenor Lodge, was used by West Sussex County Council providing temporary accommodation for homeless families from the area. The Christ for the Nations organization took up residency in the building after it was closed as a 'homeless hostel'. Now in 2006, the building is being converted into apartments and houses. |
photo - Peter Higginbotham  top
Budgenor Lodge prior to modernisation. image left After extensive modernisation and building works. The Trees They Do Grow High Collected by Clive Carey from Stephen Spooner, at Midhurst Union workhouse in Sussex, on September 11th and 13th, 1912. |
|
photos left
Robin Webster 19/02/2007 |
|
Jan.2008 This flint arrowhead was recently up for sale at a local auction. Part of a private collection, it was originally discovered on the South Downs above Heyshott and Graffham. Both sides are shown. |
Death of a Church
Treyford The church at Treyford, known as the Cathedral of the Downs, was dismantled in 1947 having become unsafe. It had stood for just a hundred years and had been intended to replace the churches of Treyford and Elsted, both of which had fallen into ruins. click here for article by Anthony Armstrong who witnessed the dismantling of Treyford church. June 1952 edition of the "Church and Village" newsletter. Read how the St. Peters, Treyford survived only 100 years and how the churches of Harting Elsted and Didling have stood the test of time...... Today Treyford churchyard is a remarkable haven of peace and tranquility, surrounded on all sides by towering trees. It has become a secluded, natural sacred space of its own, conserved through the careful stewardship of members of the Elsted and Treyford community. 
Old postcard 1906 Treyford church |
Todays photos, observations and news are tomorrows history, be part of it.
If you have photos of the area, documents or information you wish to submit why not e-mail copies to us & share them with everyone.
|
Part of the Rother Valley Guide by Gravelroots
Searching for something specific, use the indexes This site is best viewed in 1024 x 768 using Internet Explorer |
copyright