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This mill is for grinding corn, for flour and animal feed. The overshot waterwheel provides power for two pairs of millstones, a grain cleaner and a sack holst. *

*from the Weald & Downland Living Museum souvenir guide

18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 23rd 2019

This bell frame dates from the seventeenth century and allows for the hanging of three bells. It is constructed of oak, and several of the timbers have been re-used from an earlier frame. It cam from the church of St Mary, Stoughton, West Sussex.*

The spire over the bell frame was constructed in 2009, to illustrate [...]

16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 22nd 2019

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever you desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Mark 11:24

10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 20th 2019

This photograph shows a carving of a double V ritual mark. This stands for Virgo Virginum – Virgin of Virgins – i.e. the Virgin Mary. It is not uncommon and is used on a wide variety of building materials and locations as a charm to ward off evil spirits and invoke good luck on the [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 19th 2019

The Weald and Downland Living Museum (formerly known as the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum until January 2017) is an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The museum is a registered charity.[1]
The museum covers 40 acres (16 ha), with over 50 historic buildings dating from 950AD to the 19th century, along with gardens, farm animals, walks and a mill pond.
The [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 17th 2019

WWT Arundel is one of nine wildfowl and wetland nature reserves managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a nature conservation charity in the United Kingdom. The 60 acre (240,000 m2) reserve is situated at the foot of the Offham Hangar, a part of the Arun valley in Arundel, West Sussex, England.
One of the endangered species protected at the centre is the Hawaiian goose, or [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 16th 2019

These photographs show the only surviving remains of a late 13th Century Franciscan friary that once dominated Priory Park.
Timeline of the guildhall:

1269 – 1282 A Franciscan Friary is constructed in Priory Park. Believed to have been the chancel of the friary, it contained the high alter and would only have been used by the resident Greyfriars [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 15th 2019

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