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Tide Mills: unearthing the ‘Hamlet of Horror’ at the British Pompeii.

2018-09-02
By: ODOmatt
On: September 2, 2018
In: East Sussex, Once Existed
With: 1 Comment

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 →

Sir Thomas Lunsford: on the hunt for the ‘Cannibal Cavalier’

2018-03-08
By: ODOmatt
On: March 8, 2018
In: East Sussex, Historical Footnotes
With: 0 Comments

 A Historical Footnote – visited by ODOmatt on the 28th February 2018. A chip in the wall of an old country church marks the spot where, one Sunday afternoon in 1634, one of Britain’s most notorious soldiers tried to assassinate a rival. This is where historical footnotes get into the fine print, but if you stick with it, this nondescrpit indentation illuminates a whole world of scandal, war and adventure in the age of revolution.Read More →

Lullington

2017-10-27
By: ODOmatt
On: October 27, 2017
In: East Sussex, Lost Villages, Once Existed
With: 2 Comments

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 →

Northeye

2017-10-03
By: ODOstefan
On: October 3, 2017
In: East Sussex, Lost Villages, Once Existed
With: 0 Comments

The deserted village of Northeye is situated in an area known as the Hooe Level on the Pevensey Levels – a lowland marsh area between Bexhill and Eastbourne.Read More →

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