Bevendean History Project
News and Events
| NEW Platinum Jubilee Celebrations at Coldean on Sunday 5th June 2022. The Mayor of Brighton and the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex both attended the event. |
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| NEW Ancient Coldean 2,500 BC to post Romano times. Why did our ancestors choose Coldean to establish a settlement? |
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| NEW The Development of South Coldean started when 40 acres of land was purchased from the Stanmer Estate in 1933 and 1934. |
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| NEW Peoples memories of Coldean from the 1950s to the 21st century. |
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| NEW A tree was blown over during Storm Eunice on the 18th February 2022, when wind gust of 120 miles per hour were recorded at The Needles on the Isle of Wight. |
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| NEW Upper Bevendean Avenue was to be renamed Newquay Avenue and Lower Bevendean Avenue was to be renamed Paignton Avenue. Date of plan 10 March 1961. |
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| NEW Painting of Bevendean Farm by Violet Allcorn. The painting of the farm was painted from where the junction of Plymouth Avenue and Auckland Drive is today. |
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| NEW Some Plans for Churches outside North East Brighton. Most of these church have been closed and some demolished with nothing visible today. |
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| NEW Wedding Party Hodshrove Farm c1913. Patrick Bates has provided some information about Hodshrove Farm and a photograph of a Wedding Party there in 1913. |
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| UPDATE Falmer Village Church of England School. Robert Staten's maternal great grandmother Rhoda Dubbin was the Falmer village school mistress in the early 1900s. A photograph of her has been added to this page. |
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| NEW The Edwards Brothers at Brown Loaf Farms The three brothers who lived at Brown Loaf Farms, were distant cousins of Alison Harman.
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| NEW Hodshrove Farm House in 1901 Alison Betteridge great grandfather William Pavey was the farmer at Hodshrove Farm in 1901. |
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| Lower Bevendean Horticultural Association Cup. John Amerena has passed the Horticultural Association Cup to the Bevendean History Group for safe keeping. |
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| Farm Court Farm House, Gardens and Tithe Barn in 2021 The Tithe Barn after rethatching in 2020, the house and gardens. Images supplied by Falmer Court and used with permission. |
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| One Way Traffic in the Avenue Plans were drawn in January 1948 for a one way traffic system in the Avenue. |
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Conveyance for the purchase of land for Bevendean Hospital adjacent to Bevendean Road and Bear Road purchased in 1880.
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| “Little Hell Village against Rector.” A story about the village of Falmer from the Daily Herald published on 5th September 1949. |
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| Burial in Falmer Cemetery of the last Farmer at Lower Bevendean, Frank Allcorn and his wife Lucy. |  |
| Jack Allcorn, My Father: An Unsung Hero by Norman Allcorn. He did sentry duty on Brighton Racecourse then he come home and milked the cows. |  |
| A Rain Water Catcher was built behind Stanmer House to provide the residents and visitors with good quality drinking water. |  |
| Memorials in Stanmer Church and the text on some of the Gravestones in the Church Yard. |
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first library for Moulsecombe was in Moulsecombe Place and opened in
December 1929. The present library was opened on 13 March 1964. |
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| Charles Tuppen was at one time the Shepherd for Steyning Beard at Bevendean near Brighton. He died at Glynde and was buried there on 11 October 1915 at the age of 89 years. |
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| Norman Allcorn writes about his father Jack Allcorn, who he believes was a member of an auxiliary unit during World War Two. |
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Plans were
first drawn up in 1934 for a Public Hall at Moulsecoomb. The
site chosen was adjacent to the Lewes Road, and
Moulsecoomb Place.
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| Richard Rann lived at Bevendean Farm in the 1850s and 1860s. Diane Rann wrote to say that she was trying to find Richard’s wife, Sally’s, maiden name. |  |
| Plans for a proposed Canal from Lewes to Brighton passing close to Bevendean Farm in 1825. |
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| Information from Philip West. Recollections of T H W Pelham Christmas 1913. Clearing Explosives at Falmer after WW2. Black Lamb taken to church. |
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| Geophysical Survey of Farm Green in Bevendean undertaken by the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society in October 2019. |  |
| The ARP Shelter at Downs Junior School in Ditchling Road has been refurbished and is open to visitors on some weekends during the year. |
More Peoples Stories from World War 2.
Air Raid Precautions in Bevendean & Moulsecombe in World War 2.
Building St Andrews Church and Hall, plans and photographs from 1922 to 1958.
Falmer and Stanmer Roll of Honour for World War 2 found in the organ loft at Falmer in 2018.
Revised Layout
The Recipes can be found in the Farm section and the Original Press Release is now at the bottom of the news page.
The section Bevendean in the 21st century will contain information on Bevendean from the year 2000.
Beyond Bevendean now contains information on the Parish of Falmer since Bevendean was in the Parish of Falmer until 1931.
The Bevendean History Booklet was published in 2014
A copy of the booklet is available for a small donation from the LECCA Cafe in Leybourne Road, Lower Bevendean. http://leccacafe.co.uk
Alternatively you can use the contact form on the website.
The Recipes can be found in the Farm section and the Original Press Release is now at the bottom of the news page.
The section Bevendean in the 21st century will contain information on Bevendean from the year 2000.
Beyond Bevendean now contains information on the Parish of Falmer since Bevendean was in the Parish of Falmer until 1931.
The Bevendean History Booklet was published in 2014
A copy of the booklet is available for a small donation from the LECCA Cafe in Leybourne Road, Lower Bevendean. http://leccacafe.co.uk
Alternatively you can use the contact form on the website.
Press release: Action for Bevendean Community - ABC, wins £10,000 Heritage Lottery Fund support for local History Project!