Furner's Green
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  Furner's Green shown within East Sussex |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| - London | 33 miles (53 km) N |
| Parish | Danehill |
| District | Wealden |
| Shire county | East Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HAYWARDS HEATH |
| Postcode district | RH17 |
| Dialling code | 01825 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | East Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Wealden |
| List of places: UK • England • East Sussex | |
Furner's Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Danehill in East Sussex, England. It lies about nine miles (9.7 km) north-west of Uckfield and approximately seven miles to the east of Haywards Heath.
The village is on the southern edge of Ashdown Forest.
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[edit] Geography
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Tributaries to the River Ouse
[edit] Local geology
Lime kilns at Annwood Farm ('Handwood Farm' in 1795 OS map) shown on the 1875 OS map. Lime would have been used locally for agricultural improvements (to improve the heavy, clay-rich Wealden soil) in the mixing of mortar for construction. Also used in Sussex for plasterwork and 'white washing'. At the time of writing there is no evidence of limestone outcroping in this area (Sussex does have small small workable outcrops of 'Sussex Marble' or 'Winklestone') and so it is likely that chalk was imported to this location from the chalk workings of the South Downs. The abundance of local timber in the nearby Annwood and Maskett's Wood would have been invaluable for lime manufacture[1]
[edit] Local history
In William Gardener's 1795 map of Sussex (1 inch to a mile scale), which was to some part based on the findings of an earlier (1778) survey by himself and Thomas Yeakell, it is interesting to note that Furner's Green is referred to as 'Turners Green'.[2] A later anomaly can be found in the 1879 recollections of Thomas Chatfield, a long-time resident of the area, who is reported to call the hamlet 'Furriers Green'[3]
Colin Godman's Farm has been traced back to at least 1550 and reputedly was for a while involved in the smuggling of wool for export. It, and other substantial properties are clearly marked on the 1875 Ordnance Survey map.[4]. John Baker-Holroyd (later Baron Sheffield) is noted as owning the property in 1768 records[5]
[edit] The iron industry in Furner's Green
The iron workings at Sheffield Mill are reported in detail by John Shreve, master of works during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI.[6]
A lease agreement dating to 1580 refers to the 'decaied Ironworks, sometime called the furnes for the casting of raw iron there'. On the site there is also a 'corne' mill. The degree of development at Sheffield Mill, simply for grinding corn, was substantial at that time, for mention is made of 'banks, baies, ponds, waters, watercourses, waterlaies, fludgates and waterworcks'. The hammer mill and forge required waterwheels, belows, coal houses and places in which to work the material. And yet, to visit the site now, evidence of this industrial history is almost gone.
[edit] Land ownership
Before selling of properties in the early to mid twentieth century, many of the properties in Furner's Green were part of the Sheffield Park or Danehurst estates.
[edit] House prices
With an average house price of £ 364,000 property prices in Furner's Green are approximately 50% higher than the English average.[citation needed]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Sussex Industrial Archaelogy Society website. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
- ^ The Weald website 1795 map. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
- ^ The Weald website. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
- ^ The Weald website. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
- ^ Department for Culture, The National Archive website. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
- ^ The National Archives. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
