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Crowborough and District Historical Society Welcomes You
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Welcome to our site! We invite you to explore and learn more about our History Society, upcoming events and activities. We host monthly talks on the first Tuesday of the month in the Jarvis Brook Guide HQ, we hope you’ll join us!
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About Crowborough and District Historical Society
PROMOTING AN AWARENESS OF THE LOCAL HISTORY OF THE AREA
The society hosts a yearly program of talks on a variety of local and other historical topics.
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Upcoming Events
Tue 03 FebJarvis Brook Guide hallContinuing her mother's story - Leading the good life on a rural smallholding, resulting in much fun but often with disastrous results.- Tue 03 MarJarvis Brook Guide hallExploring the people, the buildings and the history of this quiet and hidden downland settlement
- Mon 06 AprJarvis Brook Guide hallThis author of the James Bond books, led an incredible WWII life investigating some famous wartime events and he also enjoyed a very intricate private life.
- Tue 05 MayJarvis Brook Guide hallIan will tell us the history of Chailey Heritage Foundation, a charity that is a thriving community of support for children, young people and families living with complex disabilities.
- Tue 02 JunJarvis Brook Guide hallGroombridge place is a 17th century manor house built between 1652 and 1674 within a medieval moat in the valley of the river Grom.
- Tue 07 JulJarvis Brook Guide hallA mix of little known Sussex history. Featuring famous people, places and interesting events from many periods - and some amusing anecdotes.
- Tue 01 SeptJarvis Brook Guide hallThe history of Highway robbery, with some local smugglers thrown in for good measure.
- Tue 06 OctJarvis Brook Guide hallThe Ashdown Forest Research Group discuss the differences & similarities of people living around the Ashdown Forest, from a historical perspective. Looking at population, occupation, transport and patterns of interaction with particular reference to the 1851 census and the development of Crowborough
- Tue 03 NovJarvis Brook Guide hallSome Christmas traditions are Pagan, using evergreens and mistletoe, and others are more recent such as cards and crackers. Sow how did our ancestors prepare for the day?
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