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... ASHDOWN FOREST . TRACES OF THE LAST OF THE SUSSEX IRONWORKS : FURNACE CLAYTON MILLS OFF BRIGHTON · 3 8 II 13 14 15 • 17 18 19 21 ASHBURNHAM 238 22 25 30 A HAMMER POND BEXHILL TO ASHBURNHAM FURNACE NAMES ON MAP X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
... ASHDOWN FOREST . TRACES OF THE LAST OF THE SUSSEX IRONWORKS : FURNACE CLAYTON MILLS OFF BRIGHTON · 3 8 II 13 14 15 • 17 18 19 21 ASHBURNHAM 238 22 25 30 A HAMMER POND BEXHILL TO ASHBURNHAM FURNACE NAMES ON MAP X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Donald Maxwell. A HAMMER POND BEXHILL TO ASHBURNHAM FURNACE NAMES ON MAP NEAR PULBOROUGH AN OLD HOUSE AT NINFIELD . A RURAL RIDDLE : IS THIS A RELIC OF IRONWORKS ? IN THE IRON COUNTRY ASHBURNHAM FORGE . LEGH MANOR , Cuckfield CUCKFIELD ...
Donald Maxwell. A HAMMER POND BEXHILL TO ASHBURNHAM FURNACE NAMES ON MAP NEAR PULBOROUGH AN OLD HOUSE AT NINFIELD . A RURAL RIDDLE : IS THIS A RELIC OF IRONWORKS ? IN THE IRON COUNTRY ASHBURNHAM FORGE . LEGH MANOR , Cuckfield CUCKFIELD ...
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... furnace in Sussex died down for good . III A FANTASY OF BRIGHTON " A good mile further. TRACES OF THE LAST OF THE SUSSEX IRON WORKS : ASHBURNHAM FURNACE . " THE FALLS OF THE MEDWAY. 22 UNKNOWN SUSSEX TRACES OF THE LAST OF THE SUSSEX ...
... furnace in Sussex died down for good . III A FANTASY OF BRIGHTON " A good mile further. TRACES OF THE LAST OF THE SUSSEX IRON WORKS : ASHBURNHAM FURNACE . " THE FALLS OF THE MEDWAY. 22 UNKNOWN SUSSEX TRACES OF THE LAST OF THE SUSSEX ...
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... furnace in Sussex died down for good . 23 III A FANTASY OF BRIGHTON " A good mile further. TRACES OF THE LAST OF THE SUSSEX IRON WORKS : ASHBURNHAM FURNACE . A NOCTURNE OF WEST STREET , BRIGHTON. 22 UNKNOWN SUSSEX.
... furnace in Sussex died down for good . 23 III A FANTASY OF BRIGHTON " A good mile further. TRACES OF THE LAST OF THE SUSSEX IRON WORKS : ASHBURNHAM FURNACE . A NOCTURNE OF WEST STREET , BRIGHTON. 22 UNKNOWN SUSSEX.
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... BROWN . Needless to say I could not resist the temptation although I was up to my eyes in something else , so I took the first train D ASHBURNHAM FURNACE ASHBURNHAM PLACE ASHBURNHAM FORGE BATTLE CATSFIELD BEXHILL BEXHILL.
... BROWN . Needless to say I could not resist the temptation although I was up to my eyes in something else , so I took the first train D ASHBURNHAM FURNACE ASHBURNHAM PLACE ASHBURNHAM FORGE BATTLE CATSFIELD BEXHILL BEXHILL.
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Alfriston Anderida Arun Ashburnham Forge Ashburnham Furnace ASHDOWN FOREST bathing pool beach bellows BIGNOR Billingshurst Black Country BODIAM CASTLE Bosham Brighton Brown Buxted Cæsar cannon CHICHESTER Chiddingly church cliffs coast colour Cuckfield CUCKMERE HAVEN DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS discovery East England ERIDGE exploring Farm feet FEN PLACE PONDS Framfield furnace woods hammer ponds Hastings HAWKHURST HORSHAM Huggett's Furnace Iron Age iron country iron furnace IRON GHOST iron industry ironstone ironworks Kent land light Little Forge look LOST HARBOURS Maresfield Mayfield Medway miles mouth mystery night Old Furnace Old Furnace Cottages ORDNANCE PLACE Petworth Pevensey picturesque PONDS AND FURNACE probably PULBOROUGH quaint region river river Cuckmere road Roman Rother Saxon shingle sketched smugglers smuggling South Downs STANE STREET steep Steyning stone story stream Street Surrey Sussex Iron to-day town trees Unknown Sussex valley village WADHURST water power Weald Winchelsea wonderful woodland
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Page 136 - There rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho' my lips may breathe adieu, I cannot think the thing farewell.
Page 82 - When I am living in the Midlands That are sodden and unkind, I light my lamp in the evening: My work is left behind; And the great hills of the South Country Come back into my mind. The great hills of the South Country They stand along the sea; And it's there walking in the high woods That I could wish to be, And the men that were boys when I was a boy Walking along with me.
Page 113 - If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet, Don't go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street. Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie. Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!
Page 87 - I may be singular in my opinion, and not so happy as to convey to you the same idea ; but I never contemplate these mountains without thinking I perceive somewhat analogous to growth in their gentle swellings and smooth fungus-like protuberances, their fluted sides, and regular hollows...
Page 42 - Sussex is full of iron mines everywhere, for the casting of which there are furnaces up and down the country, and abundance of wood is yearly spent...
Page 109 - There are thousands and thousands of families who never use either, except of their own making. All but the weaving is done by the family. There is a loom in the house, and the weaver goes from house to house. I once saw about three thousand fanners, or rather country people, at...
Page 84 - Though I have now travelled the Sussex Downs upwards of thirty years, yet I still investigate that chain of majestic mountains with fresh admiration year by year; and I think I see new beauties every time I traverse it.
Page 12 - Under the axe's stroke, fetched many a grievous groan. When as the anvil's weight, and hammer's dreadful sound, Even rent the hollow woods, and shook the queachy ground. So that the trembling nymphs...
Page 40 - Jove's oak, the warlike ash, vein'd elm, the softer beech, Short hazel, maple plain, light asp, the bending wych, Tough holly, and smooth birch, must altogether burn : What should the builder serve, supplies the forger's turn ; When under public good, base private gain takes hold, And we, poor woful woods, to ruin lastly sold.
Page 177 - And in the Forest of Dean and thereabouts, and as high as Worcester, there are great and infinite quantities of these cinders, some in vast mounts above ground, some under ground, which...