Later History – 1863 onwards<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Upstaged by the Non-conformists who by 1829 had opened the new community\u2019s first church, the Church of England had taken the lead on schooling opening their first school before 1850. Their parish church of St. John the Evangelist eventually followed in 1863. \u00a0Simeon Norman\u2019s building firm, later \u2018Norman and Burt\u2019 was established a year or two later and gained national renown for the quality of their interior woodwork as well as their exterior work. From the 1870s the brickworks continued to expand.\u00a0 But in the meantime, concerns had arisen about the state of the streets, public health and many other facets of urban life, leading in time, to the creation of our own Urban District Council (in the 1890s (abolished in 1974).<\/p>\n
The images below show:<\/p>\n
William Oram, builder (hat and white beard) and his men on completion of the Constitutional Building, our first seat of Local Government. It became the new Urban District Council Offices.\u00a0London Road School in 1910, and the Maypole at London Road School.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
![\"Town](\"https:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/bhhha-town-history-w-oram.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div>William Oram, outside the Constitutional Club<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Town](\"https:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/bhhha-later-history-London-rd-school.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div>London Road School, shown in 1910<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Town](\"https:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/bhhha-town-history-school-maypole.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div>The Maypole at London Road School<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Despite the growing social cohesion of the new town, by 1880 the urban areas were patchy and the new \u2018community\u2019 was still very spread out with plenty of grassy fields scattered through the whole. For an overview of where the developed areas were by 1880 go to: Burgess Hill\u2019s first Building Boom<\/a><\/p>\nBy the end of the century the Non- conformists of different persuasions had built themselves a range of churches, some of architectural merit. A second C. of E. parish, St. Andrew\u2019s, was opened in 1904, to cater for the eastern expansion of the town around the Keymer Brick and Tike works in Nye Road. And the people of Burgess Hill meanwhile got together in a range of sports and other activities, creating along the way a rich tapestry of social life; and seeding our superb photographic archive of the life of early Burgess Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
![\"Town](\"https:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/bhhha-town-history-diamond-jubilee.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div>On the way to Church, Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations 1897<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Town](\"https:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/bhhha-town-history-bhvspurs.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div>Burgess Hill v Spurs 1904<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Town](\"https:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/bhhha-town-history-charabang.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div>Charabanc outing<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Town](\"https:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/bhhha-town-history-worlds-fair.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div>Worlds Fair, Worlds End 1924<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Town](\"https:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/bhhha-town-history-carnival-float.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div>Burgess Hill Carnival float 1908<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>This ongoing history of the town of Burgess Hill is a vast subject and we have not attempted to cover it fully. \u00a0Instead we have drawn together some articles about specific topics within the town\u2019s history. These are listed below. Just follow the links below to any that you would like to read.\u00a0 We hope to put up further articles in due course and we hope it will be possible for anyone who has researched an aspect of Burgess Hill\u2019s history to submit it to a member of our committee. We may be able to advise you as to publication options or, subject to our terms and conditions, add it to the list of articles below, under your name as author.<\/p>\n
Links to the topics we have prepared so far are listed below.<\/p>\n
Burgess Hill’s First Building Boom<\/a><\/p>\nThe 19th<\/sup> century Brickmakers and their families<\/a><\/p>\nThe ongoing story of the railway<\/a><\/p>\nBurgess Hill\u2019s Schools<\/a><\/p>\nPlaces of worship<\/a><\/p>\nCinema in Burgess hill<\/a><\/p>\nTo learn what is worth preserving of our past history, and what we are trying and hoping to help to preserve in Burgess Hill, and of the progress the Town Council and our Association is slowly making, go to the Heritage<\/a> page.<\/p>\nThere were many individuals who contributed a great deal to our town\u2019s development and culture. So far we have only covered a few of them: \u00a0a brickmaker, a builder, a benefactor, an explorer and a firm of designers.<\/p>\n
You can find out who they are and read more about them by following the links on the on the Notable People<\/a> page.<\/p>\n
Upstaged by the Non-conformists who by 1829 had opened the new community\u2019s first church, the Church of England had taken the lead on schooling opening their first school before 1850. Their parish church of St. John the Evangelist eventually followed in 1863. \u00a0Simeon Norman\u2019s building firm, later \u2018Norman and Burt\u2019 was established a year or two later and gained national renown for the quality of their interior woodwork as well as their exterior work. From the 1870s the brickworks continued to expand.\u00a0 But in the meantime, concerns had arisen about the state of the streets, public health and many other facets of urban life, leading in time, to the creation of our own Urban District Council (in the 1890s (abolished in 1974).<\/p>\n
The images below show:<\/p>\n
William Oram, builder (hat and white beard) and his men on completion of the Constitutional Building, our first seat of Local Government. It became the new Urban District Council Offices.\u00a0London Road School in 1910, and the Maypole at London Road School.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>William Oram, outside the Constitutional Club<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>London Road School, shown in 1910<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>The Maypole at London Road School<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Despite the growing social cohesion of the new town, by 1880 the urban areas were patchy and the new \u2018community\u2019 was still very spread out with plenty of grassy fields scattered through the whole. For an overview of where the developed areas were by 1880 go to: Burgess Hill\u2019s first Building Boom<\/a><\/p>\nBy the end of the century the Non- conformists of different persuasions had built themselves a range of churches, some of architectural merit. A second C. of E. parish, St. Andrew\u2019s, was opened in 1904, to cater for the eastern expansion of the town around the Keymer Brick and Tike works in Nye Road. And the people of Burgess Hill meanwhile got together in a range of sports and other activities, creating along the way a rich tapestry of social life; and seeding our superb photographic archive of the life of early Burgess Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>On the way to Church, Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations 1897<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Burgess Hill v Spurs 1904<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Charabanc outing<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Worlds Fair, Worlds End 1924<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Burgess Hill Carnival float 1908<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>This ongoing history of the town of Burgess Hill is a vast subject and we have not attempted to cover it fully. \u00a0Instead we have drawn together some articles about specific topics within the town\u2019s history. These are listed below. Just follow the links below to any that you would like to read.\u00a0 We hope to put up further articles in due course and we hope it will be possible for anyone who has researched an aspect of Burgess Hill\u2019s history to submit it to a member of our committee. We may be able to advise you as to publication options or, subject to our terms and conditions, add it to the list of articles below, under your name as author.<\/p>\n
Links to the topics we have prepared so far are listed below.<\/p>\n
Burgess Hill’s First Building Boom<\/a><\/p>\nThe 19th<\/sup> century Brickmakers and their families<\/a><\/p>\nThe ongoing story of the railway<\/a><\/p>\nBurgess Hill\u2019s Schools<\/a><\/p>\nPlaces of worship<\/a><\/p>\nCinema in Burgess hill<\/a><\/p>\nTo learn what is worth preserving of our past history, and what we are trying and hoping to help to preserve in Burgess Hill, and of the progress the Town Council and our Association is slowly making, go to the Heritage<\/a> page.<\/p>\nThere were many individuals who contributed a great deal to our town\u2019s development and culture. So far we have only covered a few of them: \u00a0a brickmaker, a builder, a benefactor, an explorer and a firm of designers.<\/p>\n
You can find out who they are and read more about them by following the links on the on the Notable People<\/a> page.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/div>London Road School, shown in 1910<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>The Maypole at London Road School<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Despite the growing social cohesion of the new town, by 1880 the urban areas were patchy and the new \u2018community\u2019 was still very spread out with plenty of grassy fields scattered through the whole. For an overview of where the developed areas were by 1880 go to: Burgess Hill\u2019s first Building Boom<\/a><\/p>\nBy the end of the century the Non- conformists of different persuasions had built themselves a range of churches, some of architectural merit. A second C. of E. parish, St. Andrew\u2019s, was opened in 1904, to cater for the eastern expansion of the town around the Keymer Brick and Tike works in Nye Road. And the people of Burgess Hill meanwhile got together in a range of sports and other activities, creating along the way a rich tapestry of social life; and seeding our superb photographic archive of the life of early Burgess Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>On the way to Church, Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations 1897<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Burgess Hill v Spurs 1904<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Charabanc outing<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Worlds Fair, Worlds End 1924<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Burgess Hill Carnival float 1908<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>This ongoing history of the town of Burgess Hill is a vast subject and we have not attempted to cover it fully. \u00a0Instead we have drawn together some articles about specific topics within the town\u2019s history. These are listed below. Just follow the links below to any that you would like to read.\u00a0 We hope to put up further articles in due course and we hope it will be possible for anyone who has researched an aspect of Burgess Hill\u2019s history to submit it to a member of our committee. We may be able to advise you as to publication options or, subject to our terms and conditions, add it to the list of articles below, under your name as author.<\/p>\n
Links to the topics we have prepared so far are listed below.<\/p>\n
Burgess Hill’s First Building Boom<\/a><\/p>\nThe 19th<\/sup> century Brickmakers and their families<\/a><\/p>\nThe ongoing story of the railway<\/a><\/p>\nBurgess Hill\u2019s Schools<\/a><\/p>\nPlaces of worship<\/a><\/p>\nCinema in Burgess hill<\/a><\/p>\nTo learn what is worth preserving of our past history, and what we are trying and hoping to help to preserve in Burgess Hill, and of the progress the Town Council and our Association is slowly making, go to the Heritage<\/a> page.<\/p>\nThere were many individuals who contributed a great deal to our town\u2019s development and culture. So far we have only covered a few of them: \u00a0a brickmaker, a builder, a benefactor, an explorer and a firm of designers.<\/p>\n
You can find out who they are and read more about them by following the links on the on the Notable People<\/a> page.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/div>The Maypole at London Road School<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Despite the growing social cohesion of the new town, by 1880 the urban areas were patchy and the new \u2018community\u2019 was still very spread out with plenty of grassy fields scattered through the whole. For an overview of where the developed areas were by 1880 go to: Burgess Hill\u2019s first Building Boom<\/a><\/p>\nBy the end of the century the Non- conformists of different persuasions had built themselves a range of churches, some of architectural merit. A second C. of E. parish, St. Andrew\u2019s, was opened in 1904, to cater for the eastern expansion of the town around the Keymer Brick and Tike works in Nye Road. And the people of Burgess Hill meanwhile got together in a range of sports and other activities, creating along the way a rich tapestry of social life; and seeding our superb photographic archive of the life of early Burgess Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>On the way to Church, Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations 1897<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Burgess Hill v Spurs 1904<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Charabanc outing<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Worlds Fair, Worlds End 1924<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Burgess Hill Carnival float 1908<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>This ongoing history of the town of Burgess Hill is a vast subject and we have not attempted to cover it fully. \u00a0Instead we have drawn together some articles about specific topics within the town\u2019s history. These are listed below. Just follow the links below to any that you would like to read.\u00a0 We hope to put up further articles in due course and we hope it will be possible for anyone who has researched an aspect of Burgess Hill\u2019s history to submit it to a member of our committee. We may be able to advise you as to publication options or, subject to our terms and conditions, add it to the list of articles below, under your name as author.<\/p>\n
Links to the topics we have prepared so far are listed below.<\/p>\n
Burgess Hill’s First Building Boom<\/a><\/p>\nThe 19th<\/sup> century Brickmakers and their families<\/a><\/p>\nThe ongoing story of the railway<\/a><\/p>\nBurgess Hill\u2019s Schools<\/a><\/p>\nPlaces of worship<\/a><\/p>\nCinema in Burgess hill<\/a><\/p>\nTo learn what is worth preserving of our past history, and what we are trying and hoping to help to preserve in Burgess Hill, and of the progress the Town Council and our Association is slowly making, go to the Heritage<\/a> page.<\/p>\nThere were many individuals who contributed a great deal to our town\u2019s development and culture. So far we have only covered a few of them: \u00a0a brickmaker, a builder, a benefactor, an explorer and a firm of designers.<\/p>\n
You can find out who they are and read more about them by following the links on the on the Notable People<\/a> page.<\/p>\n
Despite the growing social cohesion of the new town, by 1880 the urban areas were patchy and the new \u2018community\u2019 was still very spread out with plenty of grassy fields scattered through the whole. For an overview of where the developed areas were by 1880 go to: Burgess Hill\u2019s first Building Boom<\/a><\/p>\n By the end of the century the Non- conformists of different persuasions had built themselves a range of churches, some of architectural merit. A second C. of E. parish, St. Andrew\u2019s, was opened in 1904, to cater for the eastern expansion of the town around the Keymer Brick and Tike works in Nye Road. And the people of Burgess Hill meanwhile got together in a range of sports and other activities, creating along the way a rich tapestry of social life; and seeding our superb photographic archive of the life of early Burgess Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> This ongoing history of the town of Burgess Hill is a vast subject and we have not attempted to cover it fully. \u00a0Instead we have drawn together some articles about specific topics within the town\u2019s history. These are listed below. Just follow the links below to any that you would like to read.\u00a0 We hope to put up further articles in due course and we hope it will be possible for anyone who has researched an aspect of Burgess Hill\u2019s history to submit it to a member of our committee. We may be able to advise you as to publication options or, subject to our terms and conditions, add it to the list of articles below, under your name as author.<\/p>\n Links to the topics we have prepared so far are listed below.<\/p>\n Burgess Hill’s First Building Boom<\/a><\/p>\n The 19th<\/sup> century Brickmakers and their families<\/a><\/p>\n The ongoing story of the railway<\/a><\/p>\n Burgess Hill\u2019s Schools<\/a><\/p>\n Places of worship<\/a><\/p>\n Cinema in Burgess hill<\/a><\/p>\n To learn what is worth preserving of our past history, and what we are trying and hoping to help to preserve in Burgess Hill, and of the progress the Town Council and our Association is slowly making, go to the Heritage<\/a> page.<\/p>\n There were many individuals who contributed a great deal to our town\u2019s development and culture. So far we have only covered a few of them: \u00a0a brickmaker, a builder, a benefactor, an explorer and a firm of designers.<\/p>\n You can find out who they are and read more about them by following the links on the on the Notable People<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>On the way to Church, Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations 1897<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Burgess Hill v Spurs 1904<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Charabanc outing<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Worlds Fair, Worlds End 1924<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Burgess Hill Carnival float 1908<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>