{"id":1014,"date":"2021-10-20T11:57:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T10:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/?page_id=1014"},"modified":"2024-05-28T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:44:01","slug":"maps-documents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/index.php\/maps-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Maps & Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maps and Documents<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Our policy regarding old records is that valuable or unique documents or maps should be held at the County Record Office at Chichester where free access is available by members of the public who wish to look at them and where regulated storage conditions will ensure their preservation for as long as possible. For personal research there you do have to get a reader\u2019s card \u2013 for the security of valuable documents \u2013 but all you need do is to take along ID such as a passport or driving licence and proof of address. Access is free, for all day if you want, but there is a parking charge.<\/p>\n

The larger size early Ordnance Survey maps were produced from 1875 onwards and we do have various copies in our archives. The British Library also has a full set. We also have copies of older estate maps\u00a0 and interpretations of information in the parish tithe maps of Clayton & Keymer.<\/p>\n

The larger size early Ordnance Survey maps were produced from 1875 onwards and we do have various copies in our archives. The British Library also has a full set. We also have copies of older estate maps\u00a0 and interpretations of information in the parish tithe maps of Clayton & Keymer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

A selection of our Maps<\/h4><\/div>

Just a few from our collection.<\/p>\n

The first image is an interpreted section of a larger map from 1807 showing at the far east, Fair Place Farm, (the old farmhouse site off Dunstall Avenue) and other adjacent dwellings and features; on the west it shows West End Farm now the Woolpack.<\/p>\n

The second image shows that there was a footpath between Mill Road, Burgess Hill, and Ditchling Common at least 150 years ago.<\/p>\n

And the third image is a section from the 1st edition (1875) Ordnance Survey map of the area south of Fair Place Farm and Leylands Road. You can see the Kings Head Inn & St John’s Chapel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Fair Place Farm 1807<\/h4><\/div>
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Footpath between Mill Road & Ditchling Common<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Fair Place Farm and surrounding area 1875<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Map find helps victory in path protest<\/h4><\/div>

From the Burgess Hill Leader 28th October 1989 – An ancient map helped footpath campaigners score a victory in their battle to keep open a threatened railway bridge.<\/p>\n

The map discovered by historian Heather Warne, of Gladstone Road, Burgess Hill, shows there was a footpath between Mill Road, Burgess Hill, and Ditchling Common at least 150 years ago.<\/p>\n

And that could prove crucial evidence in keeping open the railway foot-bridge between Junction road and St Wilfrids Road. British Rail wants to close the bridge, splitting the town, unless West Sussex County Council takes it over.<\/p>\n

Burgess Hill County Councillor Josephine Meek presented the map, plus a petition and other documents, to West Sussex rights of way subcommittee.\u00a0The subcommittee instructed the county secretary to do everything possible to protect the bridge while further investigations take place.<\/p>\n

Councillor Meek said the decision was a victory because the County Council had earlier passed the buck back to British Rail.\u00a0She added that the campaigners would look closely at the old Railways Act statutes which could show the footpath before the railway was built.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Find out more about our Town’s history<\/h2><\/div>

If you go to our Find Out More<\/a> page\u2026. you will find some guidance on some web sites you can use and on the original records relating to Burgess Hill which are kept in both West and the East Sussex Record Offices as well web sites to use for newspapers.\u00a0 The East Sussex Record Office is at the Keep at Falmer.<\/p>\n

However, because Burgess Hill is a long way from Chichester and because we need interesting visual material for the public events that we attend, we have opted to keep copies of original maps, plans and documents in our own stores.\u00a0 We have, for example, a copy of the Hammonds estate in the 1700s as well as one of a charming hand-coloured map on parchment of Burgess Hill Farm in the 1600s. \u00a0The Victorian school logbook of London Road School was transcribed by members and is in our stores.<\/p>\n

In the 19th<\/sup> century and later property deeds often contain plans of the land to be sold and printed Sales Particulars are also a rich source. You can see an example below which relates to the Victoria Pleasure Gardens when it was sold in 1926. The land was formerly a farm, known as \u2018Tibballs\u2019 or \u2018Peppers\u2019 in the 1600s, and earlier. It later came to be known as Little Hammonds.<\/p>\n

We also have the card indexes of the people and places recorded in all the old manor court books relating to our area from 1600 to the 20th century.<\/p>\n

Without the manorial records, we wouldn\u2019t know any of the names of our old farms because they were not freeholds \u2013 meaning that they were passed on to heirs or to purchasers not by title deeds but by a record entered in the court books.<\/p>\n

Our committee member Michael Duck keeps the data about our documentary collections and Fred Avery is a mine of information about the Museum and we are always willing to help people find things out if we can.<\/p>\n<\/div>

A selection of maps from our collection<\/h4><\/div>

First,\u00a0 property deed, showing a plan of Hammonds Place from the early 1800’s, the map is aligned north, London road runs along the bottom of the plan.<\/p>\n

Second, Burgess Hill Farm 1631, by surveyor Anthony Everenden. North is to the right, so the road along the bottom is Keymer Road and the spur off the right hand end is now Keymer Parade. The original map was in the hands of the Crunden family of Oakhall, Keymer Road in 1918, when it was copied into a local tourist guide. It has since been deposited in West Sussex Record Office from where this copy was obtained.<\/p>\n

Third, the Victoria Pleasure Gardens were developed on one of Burgess Hill\u2019s earliest farms, formerly called Peppers or Tibbalds. \u00a0It was later called Little Hammonds and finally redeveloped as St. John\u2019s Lodge before being sold for the Pleasure Gardens. the image is from one of our Burgess Hill Heritage & History Association displays and shows a plan of Victoria Pleasure Gardens from the 1940’s sales particulars when the complex was put up for sale. The military had requestioned the site at the outbreak of the second World War and the gardens never reopened.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Property Deed – Hammonds<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Burgess Hill Farm<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Victoria Pleasure Gardens<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The final set of images show the recent history of Keymer Brick and Tile works and are taken from display boards that were used at one of our events.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Keymer Works circa 1950<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Keymer Works circa 1978<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Inside Keymer Works<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Start of clay preparation<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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View of the Furnace Shed<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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View of the Triangle Cottage<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The maps and documents here are just a taster of our collections relating to both our rural and our industrial history.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1014","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nBurgess Hill Heritage & History Association - Maps & Documents<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our policy regarding old records is that valuable or unique documents or maps should be held at the County Record Office at Chichester.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/burgesshillheritagehistory.org.uk\/index.php\/our-collections__trashed\/maps-documents\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Burgess Hill Heritage & History Association - 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