Public servants are scarcely as loyal or as versatile as old William Harris, who at the age of 85 was persuaded by several friends’ to print a card for distribution among his fellow parishioners in January 1876, listing his achievements in local public life. William stated that he had lived in Ticehurst for 73 years…

The unlovely coastal development sprawls across the cliffs less than a mile away, but in this fold of the Downs is a perfect piece of old England. Untouched and unspoiled. There is only one way into Telscombe for car travellers and the narrow lane peters out at the end of the village at a spot…

Seven cottages, two farms and a church with a total population (at the last count) of 27. Hardly big enough to be classified as a hamlet but a delight for those seeking peace and quiet. It is quite an occasion when a summertime artist sets up an easel here to capture the old buildings and…

In June 1677 the treasurer of the Earl of Sussex recorded a successful sporting bet by his master and inadvertently put Dicker into the record books. The wager dutifully put down on paper was: ‘Paid to my lord when his lordship went to the creckitt match at ye Dicker 03.00.0’ (the princely sum, in those…