View westwards towards London Road. \u00a0On the left are \u2018Church Road Villas\u2019<\/em> these five semi-detached villas were part of a late 1860s building project for Emily Temple.\u00a0\u00a0 Also, part of that project were five large, detached villas in Upper St. John\u2019s Road. \u00a0Emily Temple lived in \u2018St. John\u2019s House\u2019<\/em>, on the southern corner of Leylands\/London Roads.\u00a0 Her last building project in 1872 was the \u2018St. Johns Institute\u2019<\/em>, built as a working man\u2019s institute for the benefit and use of the people of St. Johns Common in memory of General John Hall. \u00a0This building still stands in Park Road today but is now known as \u2018Park Centre\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0 Emily Temple died in 1874 age 64 and is buried in the churchyard of St. John the Evangelist.\u00a0 In her will, Emily bequeathed six and a half acres of land for a public park and recreation ground which later became \u2018St. Johns Park\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\nPostcard published by A. H. Homewood, Burgess Hill<\/p>\n<\/div>
4,The Hydro (Franklands), Burgess Hill – circa 1910<\/h4><\/div>Situated on the southern boundary of the town it began life c.17th century as a farmhouse.\u00a0 For more than two hundred years the farm was owned by the Marten family.\u00a0 The farmland extended from Keymer Road on the east to London Road on the west. \u00a0In 1839, when the London & Brighton railway was built, the railway line split the farm into two and the railway contractors built an occupation bridge across the line to allow access to both parts, the bridge remains today.\u00a0 \u00a01864 saw the conversion from a two storey 40ft x 20ft farmhouse to a mansion, when two wings were added to the house. \u00a0Described here in 1910 as \u2018The Hydro\u2019<\/em> this was the \u2018Weidhaus Hydropathic Institute\u2019<\/em> who had purchased the property 1909.\u00a0 In 1911, it was sold to \u2018Southdowns\u2019 Hydro Limited\u2019<\/em> and the property became known as the \u2018Franklands Park Hotel\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0 The Company carried on a successful hotel busines until 1956, when the mansion was converted into flats. \u00a0Today the property survives and is known as \u2018Franklands Court\u2019<\/em> and comprises flats and is privately owned.<\/p>\nPostcard published by Burnett & Miles, Burgess Hill<\/p>\n<\/div>
5, Junction Road, Burgess Hill – circa 1905<\/h4><\/div>View northwards, Junction Road was originally known as Cants Lane. Probably renamed sometime after the construction in 1847 of the \u2018Keymer line\u2019 that ran eastwards to serve Lewes and Newhaven, Eastbourne, and Hastings. And where that line joins and leaves the main line is called \u2018Keymer Junction\u2019 and in 1854 just east of that junction and before the line crosses Junction Road a small station was provided and named \u2018Keymer Junction\u2019. The name of Keymer is taken from the parish this area was in, not the village itself three miles to the south. In 1883, the station closed due to a planned realignment of the junction that was later abandoned. Authority to abandon the realignment was given subject to a proviso that \u2018a new station was to be provided and be for ever after worked and maintained as a passenger station on the main line, north of Keymer junction and on the southside of Leylands Road (formerly Lye Lane) in the parish of Keymer\u2019. The station was opened in 1886 and given the revived name Keymer Junction. The station was renamed Wivelsfield in 1896, and it still retains that name today.<\/p>\n
Postcard published by A. H. Homewood, Burgess Hill<\/p>\n<\/div>
6, London Road School, Burgess Hill – circa 1905<\/h4><\/div>View looking northwards.\u00a0 The school was built in 1850, and replaced an earlier school located just further north opposite the shops on the brow of the hill.\u00a0 When built it continued to serve a dual-purpose.\u00a0 During weekdays it was a school for children and until the building of St. John\u2019s Church in 1863, used on Sundays as a place of worship.\u00a0 In 1858, is was enlarged and in 1874 a new infant\u2019s school was added. \u00a0Over the years numerous changes took place to the building including having the outside walls rebuilt in red brick. \u00a0This school was closed in 1986 and was demolished in 1989.\u00a0 It was replaced with \u2018London Meeds School\u2019<\/em> built on the grounds of the \u2018Oakmeeds Community College\u2019<\/em> now the \u2018Burgess Hill Academy\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\nPostcard published by A. H. Homewood, Burgess Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div>
7, Fountain Cross Ways, junction of Station, Junction & Keymer Roads Burgess Hill – circa 1905.<\/h4><\/div>This area was more widely known as \u201cHoadley\u2019s Corner\u201d, named after the shop, out of picture on the left.\u00a0 In 1872, a drinking fountain \u201cfor the benefit of poor wayfarers\u201d<\/em> was erected here for Mrs. Georgina Frances Pigott of Lea Copse, Birchwood Grove Road.\u00a0 She had purchased this small piece of waste ground to erect this fountain in memory or her late husband Captain William Pigott, formerly Deputy Master, Trinity House Lighthouse Service, who had died in 1870.\u00a0 In later years, the fountain became a traffic hazard, so in the early 1970\u2019s, the Burgess Hill Urban Council removed the fountain and horse-trough from this site.\u00a0 To commemorate Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee of 1977, the Council decided to re-erect them both along with a paved seating area in front of the parish church of St. John the Evangelist.<\/p>\nPostcard published by A. H. Homewood, Burgess Hill<\/p>\n<\/div>
8, Hoadley\u2019s Corner, Junction Road Burgess Hill – circa 1905.<\/h4><\/div>View northwards from the corner of Silverdale Road but only showing the southern end of Junction Road.\u00a0 This area was commonly known at \u2018Hoadley\u2019s Corner\u2019 <\/em>and the shop in the picture is Hoadley\u2019s.\u00a0 It was \u00a0established in 1857 by Frederick Hoadley, who originally opened one shop but later extended his business and by the late Victorian era it had become a department store, selling almost every useful commodity.\u00a0 There was another smaller branch in town overlooking St. John\u2019s Park in Lower Church Road and branches in other Sussex towns and villages. \u00a0Hoadley\u2019s closed in 1983 after 126 years in business.<\/p>\nPostcard published by Burnett & Co., Burgess Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div>
9, Burgess Hill Station – circa 1905.<\/h4><\/div>View northwards in the days of the London. Brighton & Southcoast Railway.\u00a0 On the left is the stationmaster\u2019s house built in 1856 and extended in 1877 when the goods shed was added and platforms reconstructed.\u00a0 At the northern end of each platform is a staircase that leads up to a covered footbridge across the railway line and to the booking office at road level.\u00a0 The stationmaster\u2019s house was demolished in 1986 to make way for possible developments.<\/p>\n
Postcard published by A. H. Homewood, Burgess Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div>
10, London Road, Burgess Hill\u00a0 – circa 1905<\/h4><\/div>View northwards, on the left is Victoria Road (now Victoria Close). \u00a0On the corner is the Victoria Restaurant and further down the road the building with castle walls was Diamond House, home then of Robins E & Sons Ltd, brewers, wines & spirit merchants.\u00a0 Next to Diamond House, with its two acres of premises was Dene Hollow.\u00a0 This was purchased in 1916 by Mary Hare and became the home of the \u2018Oral School for the Deaf\u2019.\u00a0 Mary Hare was quite active in local circles and by 1919 became the first lady member of the Burgess Hill Urban District Council and was active for the next twenty years. \u00a0The house next to Dene Hollow, Diamond or The Red House was also later purchased, and the ground floor became the school hall and the first floor the boys sleeping quarters.\u00a0 Mary Hare died in 1945 and her ashes were scattered around a magnificent cedar tree that was located behind \u2018Dene Hollow\u2019.\u00a0 In 1949, the school moved to Arlington Manor, Newbury, Berks where it remains today.\u00a0 The large building in the picture in the distance is \u2018The Royal George Inn\u2019<\/em> now demolished and replaced by flats.<\/p>\nPostcard published by A. H. Homewood, Burgess Hill<\/p>\n<\/div>
11, The Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist, Burgess Hill – circa 1905<\/h4><\/div>The church was built on land given by Mr. John Archer. The architect was Mr. Talbot Bury of London and the builder Mr. Ellis of Chichester. \u00a0Built of fine red bricks and tiles it originally consisted of a Chancel, North and South Transepts, South aisle, and Nave with a Western Gallery.\u00a0 The foundation stone was laid on 4th<\/sup> November 1861, and the Church was consecrated on 12th<\/sup> June 1863. \u00a0In I887 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the \u2018Town Clock\u2019 was installed in the spire, paid for by public subscription.\u00a0 The clock was designed to chime the \u2018Westminster Chimes\u2019<\/em> but due to there being only one 7 cwt. bell in the tower it could only chime the hours.\u00a0 In 1889, the north aisle was added at a cost of \u00a3700, \u00a3500 of this was given by Colonel C. W. Elwood, J.P. of Clayton Priory.\u00a0 Then in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria\u2019s Diamond Jubilee, money was raised by public subscription and the old bell was removed and three new bells installed, this included a tenor<\/em> bell of 14 \u00be cwt.\u00a0 So, after 10 years, the clock could now chime the hours and quarters on musical bells.\u00a0 In 1901, two more bells were added and finally in 1904 three more, making a peal of eight bells.<\/p>\nPostcard published by A. H. Homewood, Burgess Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div>
12, North End, Burgess Hill circa – 1905<\/h4><\/div>View looking westward over Junction Road towards Leylands Road and the Wivelsfield Station railway bridge.\u00a0 This area is widely known as World\u2019s End. <\/em>On the right is Beaconsfield Terrace built c.1881 and on the corner of Junction\/Leylands Roads is \u2018E. Ireland, Acme Stores, and Post Office\u2019.<\/em> \u00a0\u00a0It was the General Post Office who named the actual post office, not the area, \u2018North End\u2019<\/em> when it opened here in 1884.\u00a0 When the Post Office moved across the road to Beaconsfield Terrace it retained its \u2018North End\u2019<\/em> name until 2005, after which it was renamed \u2018World\u2019s End.\u2019<\/em>\u00a0 Next to Ireland\u2019s store is the \u2018Watermill Inn\u2019, <\/em>this took its name from the watermill situated on Valebridge Common, a mile northward.<\/p>\nPostcard published by Burnett & Co., Burgess Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div>
13, Station Road – circa 1905<\/h4><\/div>View westwards towards the town. \u00a0Directly on the left was the entrance to \u2018Tudor House\u2019 <\/em>and just above where the horse cabs are waiting is the entrance to the Burgess Hill Railway Station and past the station by the large oak tree was the entrance to \u2018Burgess Hill Farm\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0 Opposite that entrance, a glimpse of \u2018The Railway Hotel & Inn\u2019<\/em>, followed on the same side by Bank Buildings.\u00a0 Apart from the loss of trees and addition of some shops this view can still be easily be identified today.<\/p>\nPostcard published by A. H. Homewood, Burgess Hill.<\/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":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2571","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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