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Part of the ‘Once Existed’ Project – Visited by the ODOstefan, Eloise, Darla, Theo, Rachel and Matt on the 11th August 2018. This is the one we’ve been waiting for, the Holy Grail of lost villages and once existed settlements – Tide Mills truly is the Pompeii of the East Sussex coast. ‘Tide Mills’ refers to the tidal powered mill and village that sprang up east of Newhaven in the 18th century: one of only ten ‘surviving’ tidemills in the UK. A goldmine of abandoned buildings, the story of Tide Mills is one of mutiny, war, nightmare bosses, high-quality milling and seaplanes.Read More →

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Part of the ‘Once Existed’ Project – Visited by the ODOmatt on the 10th February 2018 Splashing through muddy lanes and traversing crumbling roads, it soon became clear that Fiat 500s were not made for hunting lost villages. The car largely in one piece, I eventually found my own form of unofficial parking outside the only surviving building in Hamsey: St. Peter’s Church.Read More →

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Part of the ‘Once Existed’ Project – Visited by the ODOstefan and ODOmatt on the 31st August 2017 Before discovering the holy grail of Northeye, our hunt for lost villages took us to Lullington on the last day of August 2017. Parking in a tiny lay-by overlooked by the Longman of Wilmington, we ascended the thin path to Lullington Church, the sole standing testament to what was once a thriving village. Lullington is situated on the opposite side of the Cuckmere river from Alfriston and to the east is Lullington Heath Nature Reserve.Read More →