Herstmonceux
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Herstmonceux is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England, which includes Herstmonceux Castle. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2613.
Herstmonceux Castle from the air
The former buildings and telescopes of the Royal Greenwich Observatory at Herstmonceux
Sussex trug
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A Sussex trug is a wooden basket. It is made from a handle and rim of coppiced sweet chestnut wood which is hand-cleft then shaved using a drawknife. The body of the trug is made of five or seven thin
Herstmonceux
…match played at "ye Dicker", a common near Herstmonceux, one of the earliest references to the sport. The Herstmonceux area is known for the making of trugs, baskets made from split willow boards set in an ash or chestnut frame. A number of local people continue this tradition. The parish council consists…
A Sussex trug
Seaford, Sussex by William Collins, 1844, with a Sussex trug visible on the left.