Coldean
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Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 19 Apr 2014
The northern part of the suburb built in a former dry valley called Cold Dean. Much of the estate dates from the post war period which this section occupying a former field called Pattis Wye according to Stanmer's 1840 tithe map. Pattis Wye is an alternative name to Patchway, the detached portion of Falmer parish that lay to the immediate west, see Image, that was transferred to Stanmer in 1934. The road in the foreground is Saunders Hill whilst in the distance is the bridge that takes the A27 Brighton Bypass over Coldean Lane.
