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Cuckfield Road, HASSOCKS, BN6 9RR

Small estate built in the late 1950s off Cuckfield Road and named after Image whose land the estate was built on. Both it and another road, St Lawrence Way were built on a field called Middle Piece according to Hurstpierpoint's 1842 tithe map which later became a brick field by the 1875 OS map but had disappeared by the following 1899 one.

Originally the site of a field called Marl Pit Field according to Hurstpierpoint's 1842 tithe map. The field was purchased by one Adam Adams in the same year and landscaped into the Chinese Gardens, a pleasure ground built to cater for day trippers using the newly opened London-Brighton railway. The gardens opened in 1843 containing parkland, a cricket ground and a boating lake, along with a hotel at the southern end. It remained a popular attraction until the 1930s when it was reported that the wrong type of people were visiting and their drunken aggressive behaviour put others off and as a consequence visiting figures began to fall. The gardens limped on until the 1950s when they were finally closed. During the 1960s the lake was drained and the former grounds developed into Hurst Gardens and Chestnut Grove. The hotel survived as a pub and was renamed the Pierpoint, see Image

Built between the wars.

A 'T' shaped cul de sac off Western Road built not long after the Second World War. A footpath continues eastwards to Cuckfield Road.

Looking eastwards from the Cuckfield Road end. The junction with Image is to the left and Image to the right. The road then heads off to a junction with Trinity Road.

Recently built small estate built on the site of the former Pierpoint public house. The pub had been built in 1843 as part of the Chinese Gardens, a pleasure garden covering over 5 acres which included walks and a boating lake situated to the north adjacent to Western Road. The gardens were popular and remained in place until the 1950s when they closed, the cul de sacs Hurst Gardens and Chestnut Grove have since been built on the former grounds. The pub survived however, its hall had become a cinema during the 1930s, changed its name from Chinese Gardens to the Pierpoint and continued in operation until it too was closed in the mid 1990s. The pub was located roughly were the house in the foreground on the left stood with much of the close built on its large car park to the south.

Being built to the rear of the two bungalows is a small cup de sac which if I think is going to be called Sycamore Close.

Built in 1971 and located in a small cul de sac off Western Road.

Small cul de sac off Marchants Road built in the late 60s/early 70s. Beyond the fence is the ground of St Lawrence's School.

The print and web design company has occupied what was once the Sussex Arms, a 19th century brewery tap, since 2006. See Image for part of the old brewery. Cuckfield Road was built as a turnpike in the late 18th century and was one of a number of competing London-Brighton routes before they were all superseded by a route to the west which later became the A23.