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Western Road, HASSOCKS, BN6 9YB

On Weald Close.

The name of a cul de sac that runs north from Albourne Road, the B2116. Originally a couple of fields called Rick Plot and West Pease Croft according to Hurstpierpoint's 1842 tithe map. The small estate was built after the Second World War.

Originally a field called East Pease Croft according to Hurstpierpoint's 1842 tithe map it became allotments during the interwar period though one wonders how long this will remain as they are now surrounded by developments.

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

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.

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.

Part of the West Town suburb of Hurstpiepoint is this post war cul-de-sac. Taken from the junction with Albourne Road, the B2116.

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.

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

Squeezed between houses in Western Road and Orchard Way. Taken at dawn after a frost night.