Western Road, Hurstpierpoint
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Western Road, Hurstpierpoint
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 6 Jul 2014
The current road runs from Albourne Road, the B2116, to Cuckfield Road, though originally it was the route north out of the village prior to the latter being built as a London-Brighton turnpike in the late 18th century. On the 1875 OS map it is called Whitehorse Lane after the inn at the southern end, by the 1899 map it was called Chinese Lane after the Chinese Gardens pleasure ground at the northern end, before settling on its current name by the 1810 OS map. The housing which originally grouped around the northern and southern junctions has gradually extended and joined together.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.937842
Longitude
-0.18249