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A collection of Essays, Sketches and Illustrations of bygone Sussex, its colourful characters and notable events.
By William E. A. Axon published by William Andrews & Co London 1897

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THE following essays are selected from material that has accumulated in the years that Sussex with its picturesque scenery and varied associations has had a special attraction for the writer, who, though not to the manor born, feels as strongly as any of her sons the charm of the seaboard and the down. Perhaps some of the thousands of visitors who throng the Sussex coast in quest of health or amusement may find in these pages suggestions of historic memories that may add to the interest of their stay, and Sussex men themselves may recognise that a strong and healthy local sentiment is no bad foundation for an enlightened patriotism. Of the illustrations several are from the facile and graceful pencil of Mr. Raffles Davison, who has also felt the charm of Sussex scenery.

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Frontispiece, Old Roman Gate, Winchelsea Title Page Printers Mark THE LAND GATE AT RYE(photo) THE WESLEY TREE, WINCHELSEA. WINCHELSEA CHURCH. VILLAGE OF GARDNER STREET: —" PRAISE THE LORD." POYNINGS CHURCH. POYNINGS CHURCH. (Interior towards the East.) POYNINGS THE DEVIL'S DYKE, AND SERIAL RAILWAY RYE CHURCH TOWER. MARKET CROSS, CHICHESTER. Dedication Contents Preface S USSEX, the "land of the South Saxons - 0101 Page - 0102 Page - 0103 Page - 0104 Sussex Worthies - 0105 A green forester - 0106 Saxon architecture - 0107 Prince George of Denmark - 0108 Page - 0109 PARDON BRASSES - 0110 Page - 0111 Page - 0112 Page - 0113 Page - 0114 Page - 0115 Page - 0116 Page - 0117 Page - 0118 Page - 0119 Page - 0120 Page - 0121 Page - 0122 Page - 0123 Page - 0124 Page - 0125 Page - 0126 Page - 0127 Trial of Henry Robson - 0128 Page - 0129 Page - 0130 Page - 0131 Page - 0132 Page - 0133 Page - 0134 Page - 0135 IN DENIS DUVAL'S COUNTRY - 0136 Page - 0137 Page - 0138 Page - 0139 Page - 0140 Page - 0141 Page - 0142 Page - 0143 Page - 0144 Page - 0145 Page - 0146 Page - 0147 Page - 0148 Page - 0149 Page - 0150 Page - 0151 Page - 0152 Page - 0153 Page - 0154 Page - 0155 Page - 0156 Page - 0157 Page - 0158 Page - 0159 Page - 0160 Page - 0161 Page - 0162 Page - 0163 Page - 0164 Page - 0165 Page - 0166 Page - 0167 Page - 0168 Page - 0169 Page - 0170 Page - 0171 THE LONG MAN OF WILMINGTON - 0172 Page - 0173 Page - 0174 Page - 0175 Page - 0176 Page - 0177 Page - 0178 Page - 0179 Page - 0180 Page - 0181 Page - 0182 THE TRUE MAID OF THE SOUTH - 0183 Page - 0184 Page - 0185 Page - 0186 Page - 0187 Page - 0188 OLD HUMPHREY'S" GRAVE - 0189 Page - 0190 Page - 0191 Page - 0192 Page - 0193 Page - 0194 Page - 0195 A MEDIEVAL LEGEND OF WINCHELSEA - 0196 Page - 0197 Page - 0198 Page - 0199 Page - 0200 POEMS OF SUSSEX PLACES - 0201 Battle - 0202 Beachy Head - 0203 Page - 0204 Page - 0205 Page - 0206 Brighton - 0207 Ditchling. - 0208 Page - 0209 Fairlight Glen - 0210 Page - 0211 Gardner Street - 0212 Hastings - 0213 Page - 0214 A legend of Hastings - 0215 Page - 0216 Herstmonceux - 0217 MlDDLETON - 0218 Pevensey - 0219 Saint Leonards-on-Sea - 0220

Page - 0221 Page - 0222 Page - 0223 Page - 0224 South Downs - 0225 Worthing - 0226 Page - 0227 Page - 0228 SPIRITS AT BRIGHTLING IN 1659 - 0229 Page - 0230 Page - 0231 Page - 0232 MONSTROUS CHILD OF CHICHESTER - 0233 Page - 0234 Page - 0235 Page - 0236 A RUSKIN PILGRIMAGE - 0237 Page - 0238 Page - 0239 Page - 0240 Page - 0241 Page - 0242 Page - 0243 Rye 16th & 17th Centuries - 0244 Page - 0245 Page - 0246 Page - 0247 Page - 0248 Page - 0249 Page - 0250 THE MERCHANT OF CHICHESTER - 0251 Page - 0252 Page - 0253 DRAYTON'S SONG OF SUSSEX - 0254 Page - 0255 Page - 0256 Page - 0257 Page - 0258 Page - 0259 Page - 0260 Page - 0261 Page - 0262 Page - 0263 Page - 0264 A SUSSEX BOOK - 0265 Page - 0266 Page - 0267 A Remarkable Escape from Execution - 0268 Page - 0269 Forebodings of Death - 0270 Page - 0271 A Doubtful Bequest - 0272 Supernatural Lights - 0273 Page - 0274 A Girl in a Trance - 0275 Touching for the King's Evil - 0276 Crowborough Hill - 0277 Dwarfs and other Monstrosities - 0278 A Special and Remarkable Providence at Hastings - 0279 Page - 0280 Page - 0281 THE MERCER'S SON OF MIDHURST - 0282 Page - 0283 THE DRUMMER OF HERSTMONCEUX - 0284 Page - 0285 Page - 0286 Page - 0287 Page - 0288 Page - 0289 Page - 0290 Page - 0291 Page - 0292 Page - 0293 Page - 0294 Page - 0295 Page - 0296 Page - 0297 Page - 0298 Page - 0299 Page - 0300 Sussex SUN-DIALS - 0301 Arundel, Bishopstone- 0302 Brighton - 0303 THE SUN-DIAL. - 0304 BUXTED - 0305 East Grinstead. - 0306 HURSTPIERPOINT, Friston - 0307 Tunbridge Wells - 0308 18th century TUNBRIDGE WELLS - 0309 Page - 0310 Page - 0311 Page - 0312 Page - 0313 DESCRIPTION OF TUNBRIDGE - 0314 Page - 0315 Page - 0316 Page - 0317 Page - 0318 Page - 0319 Page - 0320 Page - 0321 Page - 0322 Page - 0323 THE MILLER'S TOMB. - 0324 Page - 0325 Page - 0326 Page - 0327 Page - 0328 Page - 0329 Page - 0330 Page - 0331 Page - 0332 Page - 0333 Page - 0334 Page - 0335 Page - 0336 THE SUSSEX MUSE - 0337 Page - 0338 Page - 0339 Page - 0340 Page - 0341 Page - 0342 Page - 0343 Page - 0344 Page - 0345 Page - 0346 Page - 0347 Page - 0348 Page - 0349 Page - 0350 Page - 0351 Page - 0352 Page - 0353 Page - 0354 Page - 0355 Page - 0356 Page - 0357