America Lane, Lindfield
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America Lane, Lindfield
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 6 Sep 2015
The lane originally ran west from Gravelye Lane then along what is now Hanbury Lane turned south down what is now Barn Cottage Lane then west again to provide access to a smallholder's settlement originally known as The Colony, nicknamed America by locals which eventually stuck. The cottages were pulled down in 1944 being part of land transferred from Lindfield to Haywards Heath in 1934 and replaced with a new housing estate and a rerouting of the road. This section was downgraded to the status of a bridleway in the late 1960s with the construction of Westlands Road to the north. The creator of 'America', William Allen, lived in Gravelye House, out of shot to the right, built for him in 1825-26. On the left is what was originally Gravelye Cottage built at the same time as the neighbouring house and now subdivided into two dwellings; Gravelye Cottage to the west and Overmist, originally known as Gravelye Cottage East, to the east.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.001135
Longitude
-0.080107