Bevendean History Project
Peoples Stories about Bevendean and the local area - 4
Memories of a Vicars Daughter
Jenny Money remembers of Moulsecoomb when her father the Revd Jack Money was the Vicar of St Andrews in Moulsecoomb. Story_060
Painting of Falmer Hill by Violet Allcorn
The painting of the farm was painted from where the junction of Plymouth Avenue and Auckland Drive is today. Story_059
Wedding Party at Hodshrove Farm c1913
Patrick Bates has provided some information about Hodshrove Farm and a photograph of a Wedding Party there in 1913. Story_058
Rhoda Dubbin at Falmer School
Robert
Staten writes that he has come across an intriguing photo which he
believes may be of his grandmother Rhoda Dubbin when she was assistant
schoolmistress at Falmer School. Story_057
Hodshrove Farm House in 1901
Alison
Betteridge great grandfather William Pavey was the farmer at Hodshrove
Farm in 1901. He married Ada Allen his third wife soon after the
1901 Census was taken. Story_056
Burial in Falmer Cemetery of the last Farmer at Bevendean
Edith and Frank Allcorn wanted to be buried in Falmer Church Cemetery. They had lived at Lower Bevendean
Farm in the Parish of Falmer from 1908 until 1942 but had to pay £50 for the privilege. Story_055
“Little Hell Village against Rector”
A story about the village of Falmer from the Daily Herald published on 5th September 1949. Story_054
Jack Allcorn, My Father: An Unsung Hero by Norman Allcorn
Jack
joined the L.D.V. (Local Defence Volunteers). He did sentry duty on
Brighton Racecourse then he come home and milked the cows. Story_053
Andrew Crook Class Photograph taken at Bevendean School
Andrew Crook contacted the websites, in June 2021, and sent a class photograph taken at Bevendean School in 1978. Story_052
Richard Rann at Bevendean Farm in the 1850s and 1860s
Sally Rann wrote to say she was trying to find Richard’s wife, Sally’s, maiden name. Story_051
Earlier Stories can be found here
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