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Whitemans Green
Whiteman's Green is a place in the north of the large village and civil parish of Cuckfield in the Mid Sussex District, Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the southern slopes of the Weald, two miles (3.2 km) west of Haywards Heath and surrounded on other sides by Cuckfield Rural civil parish. The area was designated a conservation area in 1989. There are five listed buildings, the earliest of which dates back to the 15th century. At the 2011 Census the population of the place was included in the town of Burgess Hill. History In 1822, Gideon Mantell discovered the fossilised remains of the first dinosaur to be found in England in a quarry at Whiteman's Green. In 1944, one of the three V-1 flying bomb, V-1 flying bombs to land on England the first night they were used fell at Mizbrooks Farm just to the west. Facilities There is a petrol station which serves Cuckfield, and traffic heading to the A23 road. Cuckfield Golf Course is located to the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuckfield Rural
Ansty and Staplefield, previously Cuckfield Rural, is a civil parish in the Mid Sussex District, Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, covering an area from the north-west side of Burgess Hill, the whole lying around but mostly to the west of Cuckfield civil parish, from which it was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894. It includes the settlements of Ansty, West Sussex, Ansty in the south, Staplefield to the north-west and Brook Street to the north-east. It is the largest civil parish in West Sussex, covering an area of , and has a population of 1574 (2001 Census), increasing to 1,756 at the 2011 Census. Landmarks include Borde Hill Garden, and Tyes Place, an historic mansion. Ansty Ansty, West Sussex, Ansty is a small settlement which has a number of old houses, such as Leigh Manor. It is surrounded by many areas of natural beauty. Staplefield Staplefield () lies on the old London to Brighton Road, which was shifted west to its present alignment two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgess Hill
Burgess Hill () is a town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town, Chichester. It had an area of and a population of 30,635 at the 2011 Census, making it the fourth most populous parish in the county (behind Crawley, Worthing and Horsham) and the most populous in the Mid Sussex District. Other nearby towns include Haywards Heath to the northeast and Lewes, the county town of East Sussex, to the southeast. Burgess Hill is just on the West Sussex side of the border dividing the two counties, although parts of the World's End district are across the county boundary in the Lewes (district), Lewes district of East Sussex. On its northwest border lies the Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve. Burgess Hill is twinned with Schmallenberg in Germany and Abbeville in France. History Early history The London to Brighton Way was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brook Street Rowing Club
Brook Street Rowing Club is a community rowing and social club located in Cuckfield. History Brook Street Rowing Club is Cuckfield's oldest and most traditional rowing club. It was founded in either 1840 or 1841, its minutes and membership record run continuously back to 1850. Records before this date have been lost. The club's committee meet (and have always met) at The Ship (a Public House in Whitemans Green Whiteman's Green is a place in the north of the large village and civil parish of Cuckfield in the Mid Sussex District, Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the southern slopes of the Weald, two miles (3.2 km) west ..., Cuckfield). Although the Club no longer owns any boats, members enjoy all of the social and gastronomic advantages of its more physically active sister clubs locally. It was on Whitemans Green that Gideon Mantell, the renowned English geologist and palaeontologist found his most famous fossils and it widely believed Clar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haywards Heath RFC
Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team. The first XV currently plays in Counties 1 Surrey/Sussex, the tenth tier of English rugby union competition. The club also has a number of other teams, with their 2nd XV currently playing in the Harvey's Brewery Counties 3 Sussex (level 12). They used to run a 4th Team called "The Dinos" named after the dinosaur fossil discovered by Gideon Mantell on what is now their playing fields. The Under 6's are have now taken on the Dino's mantle. Club honours 1st Team: * Sussex 2 Counties Champions: 2023-24 * Sussex 1 champions: 1992–93 * London 2 South champions (2): 2000–01, 2007–08 * London 1 v South West 1 promotion playoff winners: 2002–03 * Shepherd Neame Kent 1 v Sussex Spitfire 1 promotion playoff winners: 2015–16 * London 2 South East champions: 2019–2020. 2nd Team: * Sussex 2 champions: 2014–15 * Sussex Late Red 3 champions: 2015–16 Club colours The current club colours are black and red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Co-op Food
Co-op is a UK supermarket chain and the brand used for the food retail business of The Co-operative Group, one of the world's largest consumer co-operatives. As the UK's fifth largest food retailer, Co-op operates nearly 2,400 food stores. It also supplies products to over 6,000 other stores, including those run by independent co-operative societies, through its wholesale business, Co-op Wholesale. Co-op is owned by millions of UK consumers and employs 56,000 people, with an annual turnover of more than £11 billion. The organisation is known for its involvement in social and community programmes. Before reintroducing the Co-op brand in 2016, the group used "The Co-operative brand, The Co-operative" branding, which some consumers' co-operative societies in the UK continue to use, while others have adopted their own branding. In 2024, Co-op introduced a new brand platform, "Owned by You. Right By You." This was developed in response to findings that over 50% of consumers did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A23 Road
The A23 road is a major road in the United Kingdom between London and Brighton, East Sussex, England. It is managed by Transport for London for the section inside the Greater London boundary, Surrey County Council and West Sussex County Council for the section shadowed by the M23 motorway, National Highways (as a trunk road) between the M23 and Patcham, and by Brighton and Hove Council from the A27 to the centre of Brighton. The road has been a major route for centuries, and seen numerous upgrades, bypasses and diversions. Route The A23 begins near Lambeth North tube station. Formerly, it started as ''Westminster Bridge Road'' near Waterloo station, but this is now part of the A302. Almost immediately it turns south; the straightness of much of the heading south shows its Roman origins. The road becomes: * Kennington Road: long; near Kennington Park it joins the A3 (''Kennington Park Road''), but soon bears south again, becoming in turn over the next : * Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V-1 Flying Bomb
The V-1 flying bomb ( "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry () name was Fieseler Fi 103 and its suggestive name was (hellhound). It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug and (maybug). The V-1 was the first of the (V-weapons) deployed for the terror bombing of London. It was developed at Peenemünde Army Research Center in 1939 by the at the beginning of the Second World War, and during initial development was known by the codename "Cherry Stone". Due to its limited range, the thousands of V-1 missiles launched into England were fired from V-1 flying bomb facilities, launch sites along the French (Pas-de-Calais) and Dutch coasts or by modified Heinkel He 111 aircraft. The Wehrmacht first launched the V-1s against London on 13 June 1944, one week after (and prompted by) Operation Overlord, the Allied landings in France. At times more than one hundred V-1s a day were fired at south-east England, 9,521 in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gideon Mantell
Gideon Algernon Mantell Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons, MRCS Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (3 February 1790 – 10 November 1852) was an English obstetrician, geologist and paleontology, palaeontologist. His attempts to reconstruct the structure and life of ''Iguanodon'' began the scientific study of dinosaurs: in 1822 he was responsible for the discovery (and the eventual identification) of the first fossil teeth, and later much of the skeleton, of ''Iguanodon''. Mantell's work on the Cretaceous of southern England was also important. Early life and medical career Mantell was born in Lewes, Sussex as the fifth-born child of Thomas Mantell, a shoemaker, and Sarah Austen. He was raised in a small cottage in St. Mary's Lane with his two sisters and four brothers. As a youth, he showed a particular interest in the field of geology. He explored pits and quarries in the surrounding areas, discovering ammonites, shells of sea urchins, fish bones, coral, and worn-out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuckfield
Cuckfield ( ) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Mid Sussex District, Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, on the southern slopes of the Weald. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester. Nearby towns include Haywards Heath to the southeast and Burgess Hill to the south. It is surrounded on the other sides by the parish of Ansty and Staplefield formerly known as Cuckfield Rural. Aumale in Normandy has been a Twin towns and sister cities, twin town since 1993 and Karlstadt am Main, Karlstadt in Bavaria since 1998. Cuckfield is known locally for its idiosyncratic system of mayoral voting; unlimited numbers of votes can be purchased for the price of one penny each, with the winner receiving the most votes. The position is purely honorary and the money raised supports local charities. History Before the modern local government system came into operation in the late 19th century it was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid Sussex District
Mid Sussex is a non-metropolitan district, local government district in West Sussex, England. The largest town is Haywards Heath, where the council is based. The district also contains the towns of Burgess Hill and East Grinstead plus surrounding rural areas, including many villages. The district includes part of the South Downs National Park and part of the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of High Weald AONB, High Weald, including sections of Ashdown Forest. The district contains most headwaters of the River Ouse, Sussex, River Ouse. Its largest body of water is Ardingly reservoir which is used by watersports clubs. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census the district had a population of 152,949. The neighbouring districts are Crawley, Horsham District, Horsham, Brighton and Hove, Lewes District, Lewes, Wealden District, Wealden and Tandridge District, Tandridge. History The name "Mid Sussex" was occasionally used for various parts of central Sussex prior to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath ( ) is a town in West Sussex, England, south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and northeast of the county town, Chichester. Nearby towns include Burgess Hill to the southwest, Horsham to the northwest, Crawley northwest and East Grinstead northeast. With a decently small number of jobs available in the immediate vicinity, mostly in the agricultural or service sector, residents work remotely or commute daily via road or rail to London, Brighton, Crawley or Gatwick Airport. Etymology The first element of the place-name Haywards Heath is derived from the Old English ''hege'' + ''worð'', meaning hedge enclosure, with the later addition of ''hǣð''. The place-name was first recorded in 1261 as ''Heyworth'', then in 1359 as ''Hayworthe'', in 1544 as ''Haywards Hoth'' (i.e. 'heath by the enclosure with a hedge'), and in 1607 as ''Hayworths Hethe''. There is a local legend that the name comes from a highwayman who went under the name of Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weald
The Weald () is an area of South East England between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs. It crosses the counties of Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, and Kent. It has three parts, the sandstone "High Weald" in the centre, the clay "Low Weald" periphery and the Greensand Ridge, which stretches around the north and west of the Weald and includes its highest points. The Weald once was covered with forest and its name, Old English in origin, signifies "woodland". The term is still used, as scattered farms and villages sometimes refer to the Weald in their names. Etymology The name "Weald" is derived from the Old English ', meaning "forest" (cognate of German ''Wald'', but unrelated to English "wood"). This comes from a Germanic root of the same meaning, and ultimately from Indo-European. ''Weald'' is specifically a West Saxon form; '' wold'' is the Anglian form of the word. The Middle English form of the word is ''wēld'', and the mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
