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Front Cover, Sussex

By 1906 most books were being sold already bound, and cover designs were very much part of attracting sales. This book is bound in dark green cloth, with greenish-yellow writing and [...] [more...]

Gatehouse, Battle Abbey (wallpaper version)

Cropped version of Gatehouse, Battle Abbey intended for use as a computer desktop background or wallpaper; I cropped the image so it’s 1600x1200 pixels, and also made 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480 versions. [more...]

Mickleham Priory

Ths priory shown here was by 1906 a private dwelling; there was a priory in the village of Mickleham as far back as 1253; there was a church in the village [...] [more...]

Title Page, Ball on Sussex

SUSSEX
Painted by Wilfrid Ball
Published by Adam & Charles Black
Soho Square, London

Gatehouse, Battle Abbey.

The abbey at Battle commemorates the Battle of Hastings in which William the Conqueror defeated King Harold on 14th October, 1066, to become the King of England. The buildings were used as a school from approx. 1918 until [...]Ivor White has made a Web page about Battle Abbey that, if not perhaps academic, is certainly entertaining. [more...]