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Kemps, HASSOCKS, BN6 9UF

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.

On Weald Close.

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.

The name of the field according to Hurstpierpoint's 1842 tithe map that lies to the south of Image and north of Image The path is not a public footpath though it seems to be regularly used by locals to walk around the fields to the immediate west of the village.

Originally the old road heading north from the village until it was replaced by a new turnpike in the early 19th century that is now Cuckfield Road. On the 1874 OS map the road is called Whitehorse lane after the inn at the southern end of the road, by 1897 it had become Chinese Lane after the Chinese Gardens, which had opened in 1843, and occupied the area to the east of the lane, roughly where the houses are on the left, see Image for more details. By 1910 it had settled on its current name. The road itself developed from either end and eventually met in the middle, containing Victorian cottages to the north, Edwardian cottages spreading southwards on the western side of the road and a lot of housing added during the interwar years. More modern housing was added after the Chinese Gardens closed in the 1950s, as well as those on the site of the old gas works and the Pierpoint, a public house built for the gardens that survived into the 1990s.

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

A small estate built during the 1930s off Western Road and named after a local farm.

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

The name of the field according to Hurstpierpoint's 1842 tithe map that has lost its eastern end to the estate based around Kemps. To the south is Image and to the west is Image

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