Lower Common (2)
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Lower Common (2)
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 19 Aug 2013
The name of the field according to Warningcamp's 1840 tithe map viewed from Burpham Road. A former medieval open field that survived up to its enclosure in 1812 it was initially divided into two large fields with the larger one seeing the construction of a number of dwellings from the 1860s onwards. One of those in view in the distance was Sefton Place which remained a family home until the 1920s when it briefly became a Roman Catholic prep school, an officer's quarters during the Second World War then a youth hostel in 1946. The hostel was closed in 2012 one of 8 closed and sold by the Youth Hostel Association in 2011. It is scheduled to be reopened as the Sussex Heritage Centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.857248
Longitude
-0.533021