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'Hassocks' is a village and civil parish within the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields.[1][2]
Located approximately north of Brighton, with a population of 6,821,[3] Hassocks was just a collection of small houses and a coaching house until the 19th century, when work started on the London to Brighton railway.
The area first became a centre of population around 20,000 years ago during the Stone Age. These people were mostly nomadic until approximately 5,000 years ago. Around this time, the first farmers settled on and around the South Downs, which are a mile to the south of the village. They travelled from the continent, bringing with them various types of farming livestock. Evidence of their existence have been found in the form of tools and dwellings around Stonepound Crossroads and in the Parklands area.
Around 600 B.C. the first metal workers came to the area with the beginning of the Bronze Age, and a good example of an Iron Age fort is to be found on the top of the nearby Wolstonbury Hill on the South Downs.
The area was not immune from the Roman invasion and a Roman cemetery was found by Stonepound Crossroads. However, with the demise of the Roman Empire came an influx of Anglo-Saxons and the introduction of stone made buildings, such as the parish church of St. John the Baptist (in the nearby village of Clayton) which is believed to have been built around the 11th Century.
Hassocks was to be put on the map on 2 April 1839 when the first railway line was laid between London and Brighton. Over 6,000 navvies were hired for up to two years building, blasting and clearing rubble beneath the South Downs to create Clayton Tunnel. The tunnel was built at a cost of £90,000 and is a good example of Victorian engineering. It is the second longest tunnel on the London to Brighton Line, some 1¼ miles long and 270 feet below ground. In 1861 there was a collision between two trains, which killed 23 people and injured 176 others.
In the 1930s the Grand Avenue residential area, along with several other roads, was developed on the site of former orchards and the Orchard Pleasure Gardens.
1939 saw the beginning of World War II, and the closure of the cinema in September of that year (it was still going in the 1950s). Evacuations then began from London bringing an additional 1,250 to the population.
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Today Hassocks has a wide variety of shops, a couple of restaurants, an infant, junior and secondary school and a well-used community centre, Adastra Hall. This is an expensive commuter area and Hassocks is near the top end for property prices in the region, though it is not quite as expensive as neighbouring Ditchling and Hurstpierpoint. These villages have many picturesque older buildings.
2 miles west of Hassocks in the adjoining village of Hurstpierpoint lies Danny House, an Elizabethan manor where David Lloyd George came to draw up terms for the armistice at the end of World War I.
On the skyline above Hassocks there are two windmills, named Clayton Windmills but known locally as 'Jack and Jill'. Jack is a tower mill and was built in 1866. Jill, a post mill, was built in Dyke Road in Brighton in 1821 and was later moved to Clayton in 1852 by a team of oxen. The working life of the mills ended in about 1906, and Jack is now in private ownership; however Jill was restored in 1986 and is open to the public from Easter to September, Sundays and Bank Holidays between 2.00pm and 5.00pm.
Hassocks railway station serves the village. First Capital Connect and Southern provide regular train services to London and Brighton.
A new sports hall and AstroTurf football pitch have recently been constructed at Downlands Community School, the local secondary school. It is open to the public on weekday evenings from 5.00pm. Part of the money was donated by the late Chelsea F.C. chairman, Matthew Harding's wife, who lives nearby and whose three sons attended the school.
Hassocks's twin towns are:
★ Montmirail - France.
★ Wald-Michelbach - Germany.
:''All photographs were taken on 26 December 2006 unless otherwise stated.''
1. Hassocks Parish Council
2. Online Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (see entry for "hassuc")
3. Hassocks CP (Parish) United Kingdom Census 2001
★ Hassocks Village information website
★ Hassocks Football Club
★ Hassocks Parish Council
★ Overview of Hassocks, Keymer and Ditchling
★ Hassocks Infant School
★ Windmills School
★ Downlands School
'Hassocks' is a village and civil parish within the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields.[1][2]
Located approximately north of Brighton, with a population of 6,821,[3] Hassocks was just a collection of small houses and a coaching house until the 19th century, when work started on the London to Brighton railway.
| Contents |
| History |
| Origins of the village |
| Present day |
| Hassocks railway station |
| Downlands Community School Sports Hall |
| Town Twinning |
| Gallery |
| References |
| External links |
History
The area first became a centre of population around 20,000 years ago during the Stone Age. These people were mostly nomadic until approximately 5,000 years ago. Around this time, the first farmers settled on and around the South Downs, which are a mile to the south of the village. They travelled from the continent, bringing with them various types of farming livestock. Evidence of their existence have been found in the form of tools and dwellings around Stonepound Crossroads and in the Parklands area.
Around 600 B.C. the first metal workers came to the area with the beginning of the Bronze Age, and a good example of an Iron Age fort is to be found on the top of the nearby Wolstonbury Hill on the South Downs.
The area was not immune from the Roman invasion and a Roman cemetery was found by Stonepound Crossroads. However, with the demise of the Roman Empire came an influx of Anglo-Saxons and the introduction of stone made buildings, such as the parish church of St. John the Baptist (in the nearby village of Clayton) which is believed to have been built around the 11th Century.
Origins of the village
Hassocks was to be put on the map on 2 April 1839 when the first railway line was laid between London and Brighton. Over 6,000 navvies were hired for up to two years building, blasting and clearing rubble beneath the South Downs to create Clayton Tunnel. The tunnel was built at a cost of £90,000 and is a good example of Victorian engineering. It is the second longest tunnel on the London to Brighton Line, some 1¼ miles long and 270 feet below ground. In 1861 there was a collision between two trains, which killed 23 people and injured 176 others.
In the 1930s the Grand Avenue residential area, along with several other roads, was developed on the site of former orchards and the Orchard Pleasure Gardens.
1939 saw the beginning of World War II, and the closure of the cinema in September of that year (it was still going in the 1950s). Evacuations then began from London bringing an additional 1,250 to the population.
Present day
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Another eastward view along Keymer Road, from the railway overbridge.
Today Hassocks has a wide variety of shops, a couple of restaurants, an infant, junior and secondary school and a well-used community centre, Adastra Hall. This is an expensive commuter area and Hassocks is near the top end for property prices in the region, though it is not quite as expensive as neighbouring Ditchling and Hurstpierpoint. These villages have many picturesque older buildings.
2 miles west of Hassocks in the adjoining village of Hurstpierpoint lies Danny House, an Elizabethan manor where David Lloyd George came to draw up terms for the armistice at the end of World War I.
On the skyline above Hassocks there are two windmills, named Clayton Windmills but known locally as 'Jack and Jill'. Jack is a tower mill and was built in 1866. Jill, a post mill, was built in Dyke Road in Brighton in 1821 and was later moved to Clayton in 1852 by a team of oxen. The working life of the mills ended in about 1906, and Jack is now in private ownership; however Jill was restored in 1986 and is open to the public from Easter to September, Sundays and Bank Holidays between 2.00pm and 5.00pm.
Hassocks railway station
Hassocks railway station serves the village. First Capital Connect and Southern provide regular train services to London and Brighton.
Downlands Community School Sports Hall
A new sports hall and AstroTurf football pitch have recently been constructed at Downlands Community School, the local secondary school. It is open to the public on weekday evenings from 5.00pm. Part of the money was donated by the late Chelsea F.C. chairman, Matthew Harding's wife, who lives nearby and whose three sons attended the school.
Town Twinning
Hassocks's twin towns are:
★ Montmirail - France.
★ Wald-Michelbach - Germany.
Gallery
:''All photographs were taken on 26 December 2006 unless otherwise stated.''
References
1. Hassocks Parish Council
2. Online Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (see entry for "hassuc")
3. Hassocks CP (Parish) United Kingdom Census 2001
External links
★ Hassocks Village information website
★ Hassocks Football Club
★ Hassocks Parish Council
★ Overview of Hassocks, Keymer and Ditchling
★ Hassocks Infant School
★ Windmills School
★ Downlands School
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