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This is the Dew Pond directly east of Ditchling Beacon taken in June 2005.
©David Cumberland
Dist:0.1km<br/>View from the footpath that connects Westmeston Bostall with Ditchling Beacon about five minutes after sunrise. The white patches in the distance is mist or fog rising from the ground after a clear, cool night. Beyond that on the horizon is a covering of low cloud being blown in this direction by a north easterly breeze which will eventually cover over the entire county by 11.00am. The village of Westmeston is obscured by the trees on the right.
©Simon Carey
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©Dave Spicer
Dist:0.3km<br/>The name of the field according to the 1843 tithe map. Taken from Underhill Lane with Ditchling Beacon looming in the background.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.3km<br/>The course of the old village street lies north-south from the days when the village was on a droving route that linked pastures in the Weald and up on the Downs. Yeakell & Gardner's map of 1783 has the few houses of the village on this street though the current ones date from the 1860s. Taken where The Street meets Westmeston Bostall.
©Simon Carey
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©pam fray
Dist:0.3km<br/>The name of the field in the foreground according to the 1842 tithe map. This is the northern end of a big field that is bounded by Westmeston Bostall, Underhill Lane and the parish boundary with Ditchling. The Westmeston scarp of Ditchling Beacon is catching the early morning sun beyond.
©Simon Carey
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©Sheila Russell
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©Basher Eyre
Dist:0.3km<br/>The original east-west route ran along the current B2116 then headed right down Underhill Lane whilst the north-south route was a droving route heading down from Downs then along the course of the B2116 and Spatham Lane. Around 1820 the east-west route was turnpiked but diverted here to run north then west into Ditchling, the current course of the B2116. Underhill Lane has become a narrow lane whilst The Street is a dead end for traffic though the track continues on as a bridleway.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.4km<br/>The small wooden fenced area in front of the Parish notice board indicated that it was the former site of the parish hall
©Dave Spicer
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©Basher Eyre
Dist:0.4km<br/>The name of the field according to the 1842 tithe map. Another large field beneatht he scarp slope of the Downs bounded by Westmeston Bostall, Middleton Track and Lewes Road, the B2116. Westmeston Farm can be seen in the distance.
©Simon Carey
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©Oast House Archive
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©Paul Gillett

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