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Calbourne, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 4AQ

A small private cul de sac off Muster Green North built in the 1950s.

Positioned at the western tip of Muster Green formerly part of the large common that formed the original Haywards Heath and said to be the meeting place over the centuries of the local militia.

The name of the road that runs along the northern side of Muster Green that is now closed at the western end after the opening of Image in 1968.

Since autumn 2014 this has been the B2272 after the opening of the Haywards Heath bypass to the south that finally takes the busy 272 out of the town. The road itself predates the town and was the old medieval road from Cuckfield to the east which passed a former common called Muster Green the remnants of which have now become an open space on the right.

Alongside the A272 which is on the right.

Plants beginning to bloom on muster Green adjacent to the former A272.

The site of the Battle of Haywards Heath fought in December 1642 when a Royalist force under Sir Edward Ford of Uppark attempted to march on Lewes having secured Chichester was stopped by Sir William Waller at the cost of 200 Royalist dead. The green is still maintained by the council with the A272 to the south of it.

Green space maintained by Haywards Heath Town Council.

The building dates from the 16th century and was originally known as Vinalls which it retained at least up to 1809. By 1832 it had been converted into the Dolphin Inn, possibly taking advantage of the east-west turnpike that had opened in 1825 that later became the A272. By 1845 it had become the Sergison Arms which it remained until the 1990s when it reverted to the Dolphin again. About five years ago it once more became the Sergison. The name derives from a family of local landowners whose emblem contained a dolphin. The pub is located at the junction of the former A272 and Paddockhall Road both highways that predate the town. The latter was called Paddock Lane on a 1638 estate map.