The Hadlow Down ABC Quiz
How much do you know about your village?
Over the coming months in 2023 The Hadlow Down Village Trust will be posting on the Village Web Site and The Village Facebook Pages alphabetical lists of people, places, events and anything else we can find in the archives concerning facts, social history, pictorial history and anything else that may be of interest to our community.
As we go through the alphabet we would like to invite and encourage any contributions for inclusion. Even if the item misses the alphabetical header issue please send it anyway as we will always have an addition and amendment list included.
Do you remember anything, have cuttings, references, pictures etc. about people, places, events that are relevant to Hadlow Down?
Just send anything via email to:
hadlowdowntrust@gmail.com
Please tell us if you would like to have any contribution acknowledged.
So, how much do you already know about Hadlow Down? The Village Trust thought it would be fun to start off with a quiz for the whole family to try and complete over the Christmas period. The answers will be published in January. A Quiz Form can be downloaded and printed off by clicking here:
Final ABC Quiz for web site
All the answer begin with successive letters of the alphabet starting with A – so that should make it easier!
Message Re. Water Outages from Michael Lunn
Dear fellow residents,
Yet again we are all facing water shortages. I have this afternoon been in touch with South-East water, and the Leader of Wealden District Council to highlight that Hadlow Down is also off despite South East water saying we weren’t, yet on their map it said we were.
The latest I have is water ‘might’ be possibly be restored at 9am tomorrow. The Parish Council have requested water station at the Village Hall but at the moment Crowborough is the only place offering it and a delivery at Crowborough is unlikely be until late tonight or early tomorrow morning. If anyone has further updates on deliveries please do post here.
For updates follow this link:
Notifications to be discussed at 10th January 2023 HD PC meeting
WD/2022/3177/F – MOONS MILL, TINKERS LANE, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4ET
Description: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND REPLACEMENT WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION.
Link to documents: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/disclaimer.aspx?returnURL=%2fplandisp.aspx%3frecno%3d160295%26AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport%3d1
TO NOTE: An extension to the deadline for comments until 11th January has been granted.
WD/2022/3234/LB – HUGGETS FURNACE FARM, HASTINGFORD LANE, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4DY
Description: REPAIRS TO BLACK BARN, HUGGETTS FURNACE FARM, HADLOW DOWN
Link to documents: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/disclaimer.aspx?returnURL=%2fplandisp.aspx%3frecno%3d160366%26AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport%3d1
TO NOTE: An extension to the deadline for comments until 11th January has been granted.
WD/2022/3283/F – MILL VIEW FARM, MAIN ROAD, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4HS
Description: SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO NORTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS FOR SENSORY ROOM; BEDROOM AND EN-SUITE FOR LIVE-IN CARER AND REBUILD CONSERVATORY AS A PLAYROOM WITH ASSOCIATED INTERNAL ALTERATIONS; REBUILD SOUTH ELEVATION EXTENSION AS A GARDEN ROOM WITH BALCONY OVER, INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO SOUTH FACING DORMER AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL FOR BALCONY ACCESS; NEW PORCH EXTENSION TO WEST ELEVATION KITCHEN; NEW GARAGE BUILDING
Link to documents: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/disclaimer.aspx?returnURL=%2fplandisp.aspx%3frecno%3d160423%26AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport%3d1
Members Allowances for 2023/23
Parish Council Meeting Dates 2023
Minutes, Agenda & Cllr. updates for HD PC meeting 6th December 2022
Notifications to be discussed at 6th December 2022 HD PC meeting
WD/2022/2825/F – CHESTNUTS, WILDERNESS LANE, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4HT
Description: ERECTION OF AN OAK FRAME CAR PORT TO SOUTH SIDE OF PROPERTY AND AN OAK FRAME PORCH TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE; SINGLE-STOREY REAR SIDE EXTENSIONS ON BOTH SIDES WITH VERANDA INFILL BETWEEN; ASSOCIATED INTERNAL ALTERATIONS
Link to documents: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/disclaimer.aspx?returnURL=%2fplandisp.aspx%3frecno%3d159875
FUNDING NEEDED FOR VILLAGE SPEED CONTROL
PLEASE READ THIS PAGE
Village Speeding – Your chance to help
As vehicles enter the village on the A272 from the Buxted direction, the speed limit changes straight from 60mph to 30mph, and this results in a very high proportion of these vehicles passing the four public crossing points between the 30mph sign, at the entrance to Waste Wood, and the School Lane/Wilderness Lane crossroads often at speeds exceeding 50mph.
These four pedestrian crossing points are used by the pupils of St Mark’s School to access the designated learning play area “Smile Meadow”; by our senior school children crossing to use their school buses morning and afternoon, and by the many residents that use Waste Wood for general recreation.
It has been noted that the existing speed detection device does encourage vehicles to slow down but to have a similar impact in the vicinity of where these four crossings are then the village needs another speed detector mounting post in the vicinity of the Church.
The Parish Council has obtained ESCC Highways permission for an additional post to be installed but the Parish Council only has sufficient funding to cover 50% of the £2,000 cost.
This is your chance to help reduce speeding throughout the village. This appeal is asking both parents and residents to support this project by helping to fund the additional £1,000 required to have this speed detector pole installed. Should we be successful in raising sufficient extra funds then the village could even purchase an additional speed detector device!
Such “Crowd Funding” cannot be administered by the Parish Council, so I have agreed to manage this appeal as a long-time resident of the village. St Mark’s School parents may wish to act together, through the School Office, to provide a donation.
To ensure accurate auditable payment records to be kept, it is only possible to accept cheques made out to Mr S L W Godfrey and posted through the letter box of Fir Tree Cottage (top of School Lane) or Bank Transfers to Sort Code 40-47-86, Account No. 80791415. Please use your “Surname – Speed”as your Reference. Full records of payments will be kept and be available on request from myself.
Thank you for taking the time to read this appeal and thank you in advance for any payments that you generously offer.
Steve.Godfrey@live.co.uk
01825-830670
27 years a resident in Hadlow Down
Hadlow Down Book Club Review – December
Grief “like sliding down the outside of a really long glass building while nobody can see you”.
The book group has followed the Lucy Barton novels by Elizabeth Strout so we were interested to read the third in the Amgash series Oh William! (2022) which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize this year. Amgash was of course the remote settlement where Lucy grew up in abject poverty and in an abusive home before marrying William, moving to New York and becoming a successful novelist. Continue reading “Hadlow Down Book Club Review – December”