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London Road, HENFIELD, BN5 9AA

Viewed across the valley formed by Chess Brook. This land was once Henfield Park, site of a medieval deer park that was disparked and returned to agriculture in the mid 17th century.

The A281 just beyond Image prior to it turning northwards again. The road is quite old having once been an ancient transhumance route connecting Upper Beeding to woodland pastures it owned around modern day Lower Beeding. From the 1770s it was part of the first major London-Brighton turnpike before it was replaced by quicker more direct routes. Today it is the modern A281 linking Horsham to the A23 at Pyecombe. An old metal flue can be seen above the trees to the right possibly belonging to Chestham Park.

Standing at the B2116 turning off the A281. I think they might be a type of cypress. Note the elevated section.

Off Crouchers Hill heading through Chestham Park

These cameras are trained on the point where the public footpath leaves the A281. The dogs (dobermanns I think) were indeed running free - but thankfully not onto the footpath. They were barking on the other side of the fence, within the private part of this estate.

The junction of the A281 and B2116 is still called Crouch Hill Gate on modern maps and was once the site of a tollhouse roughly located where the current gravel parking area is, see http://www.henfieldthenandnow.net/uploads/2/6/8/6/26865739/1041149_orig.jpg for a view taken around 1912. The tollhouse was built in the late 18th century as part of the Henfield Turnpike Trust which operated a stretch of an old London-Brighton coaching route between Henfield and Horsham. It remained in use as a cottage when the road was disturnpiked in the 1880s but was pulled down around 1920 since when the road has been widened.

The vehicle has a notice on the windscreen saying that it is awaiting collection following an accident. Taking account of the dirt and condition of the vehicle it has been waiting for sometime.

Originally a field called Turnpike Field on Henfield's 1844 tithe map since the mid 1980s it has been home to a nursery that was taken over by Jack Dunkley's around the beginning of this decade, see Image for an image taken in 2009 and given a good idea of how the nursery looks a lot more corporate today. The nursery is bounded by London Road, the A281, to the east, Kidders Lane to the north, Lidde Hill Farm to the south, and Image to the west.

The name of the fields according to Henfield's 1844 tithe map that have been merged to form a larger unit. Birch Field was to the north adjacent to Kidders Lane and containing Image in its north eastern corner and carpenters Square was to the south. To the west of both is Image whilst to the east is Image

The name of the A281 as it climbs from Chess Bridge to the junction with Wheatsheaf Road, the B2116.