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A 17th century house near the junction with Church Lane in the part of the village was known as Albourne Street.
©Simon Carey
The name of the house beyond the converted barn that dates from the 17th century though there are suggestions it may include part of an even older medieval structure. The settlement once known as Albourne Street begins here and lines the village street down to the junction with Church Lane.
©Simon Carey
Kind of emphasises the boundary between the older part of Albourne, once known as Albourne Street, and the newer 20th century part of the village. Twitten itself is an old Sussex name for a narrow alley which the route becomes beyond the car in the distance forming a path to London Road.
©Simon Carey
Dating back to the 16th century in the part of the village once known as Albourne Street which consisted of houses lining the village street from what is now the junction with The Twitten down to Church Lane. Much of the 20th century has seen the gradual infilling of the space between Albourne Street and Albourne Green.
©Simon Carey
Linking London Road with Albourne's parish church which is half a mile away along the lane heading off to the left. The lane going straight on is The Street.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.1km<br/>Much change of usage is in evidence here. The road in the foreground up to 1990 was the A23(T) which has now been superseded by the dual carriageway which runs to the west. The building in the background was originally an inn. Built in 1938 by A.B.Peckham to cater for the growing motoring trade. Taken from the junction with the B2116 looking west.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.1km<br/>Small housing estate off The Street laid out around a small square green.
©Simon Carey
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©nick macneill
Dist:0.2km<br/>Slightly obscured by the foliage on the right, the house was built around 1830 and lies on a bend on Church Lane. The field in front of the farm was once the home to Albourne Cricket Club until the mid 1980s when it amalgamated with nearby Sayers Common and moved to a new ground in that village. I believe the field has reverted to agricultural use.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.2km<br/>A strip of the field south of Church Lane.
©Robin Webster
Dist:0.2km<br/>Heading east from a junction of footpaths south of Yew Tree House towards the B2118. The disused building on the left was possibly once part of Hazeldens Nurseries.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.3km<br/>Viewed from The Street. Built in the late 1970s to replace an older hall in Henfield Road.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.3km<br/>Cul-de-sac off The Street built in the postwar period.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.3km<br/>Situated opposite the junction of the B2216 and B2118 which is the former A23.
©Dave Spicer
Dist:0.3km<br/>Note the now relatively rare 'modern' telephone box in a rural area.
©nick macneill

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