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Lower Dicker, HAILSHAM, BN27 4BY

The Dicker is the name given to the A22 from Nash Street to the Boship Roundabout and is a reminder of the former common which the road once ran through. The houses from left to right are: Wheelwrights Cottage, St Brelades, St Aubyns, Terra and Downsview Farmhouse, the latter being the oldest of the bunch dating back to the 19th century.

A nursery next to the A22 at the western end of Lower Dicker. The farm itself dates back to the 19th century and the barn is marked on the 1839 tithe map.

The name of the A22 between the junction with Nash Street and the Boship Roundabout which derives from its original route through Dicker Common which was enclosed in 1815. That enclosure resulted in the straightening of the road and the straggling nature of the residences and businesses which lay either side of it. The house on the left is Northfields with Image beyond it and Mill Cottage further on.

One of a series of milestones lining the current route of the A22, give or take a couple of by-passes. Believed to be the longest sequence of milestones in the country they were erected in 1754 by the turnpike trusts that ran the London to Eastbourne coaching road. Each milestone contains an image of a bow and three bells which represent the Bow Bells of London, on top of which is the mileage remaining to said destination. Finally they were topped with either a dot or from the 44 to 54 mile markers (Uckfield to Horsebridge) a buckle representing the Pelham family who were large landowners who lived in nearby Halland at the time and were involved in financially backing the turnpike's extension southwards in the 1750s. This one is the 52 mile marker that would have been erected on the former Dicker Common in the 18th century and probably moved when the road was straightened after enclosure in 1813. The barn in the distance belongs to Marigolds Farm.

Linking the A22 to a green lane to the south and made when the former Dicker Common was enclosed in 1813. This section lies between steep hedges.

Metal plate attached to wooden post by the A22, in parish of Chiddingly (Wealden District), Lower Dicker, near Blackbarn Farm, Golden Cross, on verge, on Northeast side of road. Bow Bells and Buckle iron plate, erected by the Horsebridge & Horeham turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- {Pelham Buckle} 52 {Bow & 4 Bells} Milestone Society National ID: SX_LLE52

The name of the A22 from the junction with Nash Street, on the left, to the Boship Roundabout. The road was straightened across the former Dicker Common, from which it derives its name, when the road was turnpiked in the 18th century.

An unnamed field in Chiddingly's 1839 tithe map, it was once part of a large common that was enclosed in 1813. This view looks south west with the South Downs on the horizon.