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The Hollow, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 2SX

An estate developed in the early 1970s that covers the former fields marked on Lindfield's 1845 tithe map as Two Acres, House Field and Hollow Field. Only accessible by vehicle from Westlands Road in the north.

A small cul de sac off Image built in the early 1970s.

A small cul de sac off Image built in the early 1970s.

Named after a small colony set up by Quaker, William Allen in the 1830s, to enable the Lindfield poor to be self sufficient and not live off the poor rates or emigrate across the Atlantic Ocean, hence the name which Allen originally called The Colony but became known by the 1850s as the American Colony and is marked on the 1870s OS map as just America. Allen died in 1843 and a fair few cottages remained until the 1930s when his descendants had to sell the estate to pay debts. Purchased by a local builder, the old cottages were demolished and the first new houses were constructed in 1937 with the remainder from 1951. Whilst nothing remains of Allen's original estate the road names are a reminder; America Lane, New England Road, Boston Road, Quakers Lane, Pilgrims Court, Mayflower Road and Allen Road

A small cul de sac off the main America Lane that was built in the late 1940s on a former field called Barn Field according to Lindfield's 1845 tithe map. There is a path at the end of the close that links to Image

A small cul de sac off Image that was developed in the early 1970s.

A small cul de sac off Image built in the early 1970s.

I think the house dates from the early 19th century though I'm not certain. Originally sited at the northern tip of Franklands Wood as a country residence the house was swallowed up by the expansion of Haywards Heath during the 1970s with the extensive grounds turned into a small cul-de-sac called Knoll Place sometime during the 1990s.

A cul de sac off Gravelye Lane that was built in 2001 in the former grounds of Wood Knoll House, a large Victorian house built between 1845 and 1875, which still exists as a single residence on the right.

The road was formerly Haylind Road and has been renamed for the new development, see Image and Image, for a former view from the south. Beyond the junction with Plymouth Way is Image Originally an open field called Furze Field on Lindfield's 1845 tithe map that was transferred to Haywards Heath during the 1930s. To the north is what is now the Scrase Valley Nature Reserve, to the south was the original course of America Lane, see Image, whilst to the west was Bent's Wood. During the Second World War the field was turned into allotments and after the conflict the southern end adjacent to the lane was developed with prefabs. This remained the case until the end of the 1960s when a new estate was built. Wilmington Way was another temporary measure designed to last twenty years but ending up being in place for nearly forty, the exception being a set of flats at the northern end that have remained. In 2008 a decision was taken to demolish the estate and rebuild again with the new estate roughly following the old road routes as well as a green strip that has been retained running north-south through the estate. For the former Wilmington Way, taken in 2007, see: Image Image Image For the site after demolition, taken in 2011, see: Image Image Image For the current estate, taken in 2015, see: Image Image Image Image Image Image