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Church Lane, PULBOROUGH, RH20 3JY

A small cul de sac off london Road built around the turn of the century on the site of an old nursery.

This straight section was built on the site of Ashington Common after its enclosure in 1816 linking the church, just visible in the distance, which once lay on the edge of the common with the newly marked out London Road. To the right are a set of cottages built after the enclosure and one of the earliest buildings in this newer part of Ashington, originally numbering two they were later extended to five.

One of the older buildings in the modern part of the village dating back to the 19th century along with Stoneville which was laidd out well back from the road.

A residential road that runs between Church Lane and London Road that was built during the early 1960s as the village began expanding.

London Road in Ashington near Church Lane looking northwards.

The straight nature of the road is due to its course being marked out when the former Ashington Common, which it crossed, was enclosed in 1816. From that enclosure comes the origins of the modern village of Ashington which eventually built itself up around it, despite this part actually being in the parish of Washington until 1960. An important route in the age of coaching it retained this during the age of the motor car becoming the A24 which for many years was clogged by traffic until the construction of the bypass in the mid 1990s finally bought peace to the centre of the village. The houses on the left are Forge House, The Smithy and Anvil House built on the site of the former village blacksmith. The older dwellings beyond are Blacksmiths Cottages.

The name of the cul de sac that lies off London Road, the former A24. The close was built after the bypass opened as the land between the former and latter courses of the A24 were developed. The name derives from the nearby former Swan Inn, the first major staging post on the Worthing to London turnpike.

A small cul de sac off London Road built on the site of an old filling station during the 1990s. Named after the former village blacksmiths which was once located nearby.

Building in London Road containing a pharmacy and a flooring retailer. The building is marked on the 1875 1:2500 and shown then as a Post Office, a role it continued to play until at least the 1980s.