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Falmer Village Church of England School. Robert Staten's great grandmother Rhoda Dubbin was the village school mistress at Falmer in the early 1900s. Two more photographs of her have been added.

The Rev William Leaf was licensing as the Priest in  Charge of the Benefice of Moulsecoomb with the Holy Nativity And the Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen.

Consecration of St Mary Magdalen Church as the Parish Church of Coldean by the Right Reverend Dr Martin Warner, Bishop of Chichester on Friday 22nd July 2022.

The Moulsecoomb Social Club has been running for over 80 years in Moulsecoomb Place, part of which is a 14th Century listed building at the bottom of the Avenue.

Plans of Moulsecoomb Place from 1833 to 1981. Photographs taken in 2022 including inside the original cottage.

Future plans for Moulsecoomb Place. In July 2022 there was an exhibition on the lawn in front of Moulsecoomb Place to set out the plans for Moulsecoomb.

Plans were first drawn up in 1934 for a Public Hall at Moulsecoomb.  The site chosen was adjacent to the Lewes Road, and Moulsecoomb Place.

Parch Marks on Farm Green in Bevendean photographed by Ron Porter on 23 July 2022.

Platinum Jubilee Celebrations at Coldean on Sunday 5th June 2022.  The Mayor of Brighton and the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex both attended the event. Plus a letter from Buckingham Palace to the vicar of Coldean.

Ancient Coldean 2,500 BC to post Romano times. Why did our ancestors choose Coldean to establish a settlement?

The Development of South Coldean started when 40 acres of land was purchased from the Stanmer Estate in 1933 and 1934.

Peoples memories of Coldean from the 1950s to the 21st century.

A tree was blown over during Storm Eunice on the 18th February 2022, when wind gust of 120 miles per hour were recorded at The Needles on the Isle of Wight.

Upper Bevendean Avenue was to be renamed Newquay Avenue and Lower Bevendean Avenue was to be renamed Paignton Avenue.  Date of plan 10 March 1961.

Painting of Bevendean Farm by Violet Allcorn.  The painting of the farm was painted from where the junction of Plymouth Avenue and Auckland Drive is today.

Some Plans for Churches outside North East Brighton. Most of these church have been closed and some demolished with nothing visible today.

Wedding Party Hodshrove Farm c1913. Patrick Bates has provided some information about Hodshrove Farm and a photograph of a Wedding Party there in 1913.

The Edwards Brothers at Brown Loaf Farms The three brothers who lived at Brown Loaf Farms, were distant cousins of Alison Harman.

Hodshrove Farm House in 1901 Alison Betteridge great grandfather William Pavey was the farmer at Hodshrove Farm in 1901.

Lower Bevendean Horticultural Association Cup. John Amerena has passed the Horticultural Association Cup to the Bevendean History Group for safe keeping.

Farm Court Farm House, Gardens and Tithe Barn in 2021 The Tithe Barn after rethatching in 2020, the house and gardens. Images supplied by Falmer Court and used with permission.

One Way Traffic in the Avenue Plans were drawn in January 1948 for a one way traffic system in the Avenue.

Conveyance for the purchase of land for Bevendean Hospital adjacent to Bevendean Road and Bear Road purchased in 1880.

“Little Hell Village against Rector.” A story about the village of Falmer from the Daily Herald published on 5th September 1949.

Burial in Falmer Cemetery of the last Farmer at Lower Bevendean, Frank Allcorn and his wife Lucy.

Jack Allcorn, My Father: An Unsung Hero by Norman Allcorn. He did sentry duty on Brighton Racecourse then he come home and milked the cows.

A Rain Water Catcher was built behind Stanmer House to provide the residents and visitors with good quality drinking water.

Memorials in Stanmer Church and the text on some of the Gravestones in the Church Yard.

The first library for Moulsecombe was in Moulsecombe Place and opened in December 1929.  The present library was opened on 13 March 1964.

Charles Tuppen was at one time the Shepherd for Steyning Beard at Bevendean near Brighton. He died at Glynde and was buried there on 11 October 1915 at the age of 89 years.

Norman Allcorn writes about his father Jack Allcorn, who he believes was a member of an auxiliary unit during World War Two.

Richard Rann lived at Bevendean Farm in the 1850s and 1860s.  Diane Rann wrote to say that she was trying to find Richard’s wife, Sally’s, maiden name.

Plans for a proposed Canal from Lewes to Brighton passing close to Bevendean Farm in 1825.

Information from Philip West. Recollections of T H W Pelham Christmas 1913. Clearing Explosives at Falmer after WW2. Black Lamb taken to church.

Geophysical Survey of Farm Green in Bevendean undertaken by the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society in October 2019.

Press release: Action for Bevendean Community - ABC, wins £10,000 Heritage Lottery Fund support for local History Project!