Chailey is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located 7 miles north of Lewes, on the A272 road from Winchester to Canterbury. The Prime Meridian passes just to the east of Chailey.
The parish consists of the settlements: South Chailey (which also incorporates South Common), South Street, Chailey (also known as Chailey Green) and North Chailey (which incorporates the North Common).
The parish church is dedicated to St. Peter and is recorded as having been built in 1256. Recently a special service was held to commemorate its 750 years. At one time Chailey had more churches than pubs. The churches being St Peter's, St Martin's (within Chailey Heritage), Chailey Free Church, St John's (now housing in South Common), and St Mary's (now housing in North Common), and the pubs being the King's Head, Five Bells, Horns Lodge and the Swan House. In addition it is believed another chapel was sited near the Bluebell railway.
Chailey is reputed to be the inspiration for the 1969 children's television series Chigley by Gordon Murray, (along with nearby Plumpton as Trumpton and Wivelsfield Green as Camberwick Green).[3]
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Chailey. The parish consists of the settlements: South Chailey (which also incorporates South Common), South Street, Chailey (also known as Chailey Green)...
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Chailey Moat is a Grade II listed building near the village of Chailey, East Sussex. It is a 16th-century moated two storey house with an 18th-century...
Newick and Chailey was a railway station located in North Chailey and located near the villages of Newick and Chailey in East Sussex, England. It was part...
RAF Chailey was a Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground close to the village of Chailey near Burgess Hill in East Sussex during the Second World War...
volunteered at the Chailey Heritage Foundation, which helps young children with disabilities, in the 1960s and 1970s located at North Chailey, East Sussex....
Chailey Common is a 169 hectare (417.4 acre) biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the East Sussex. It is close to the village of North Chailey...
walking distance of a village. Chailey parish had two stations, one at Sheffield Park and the other at Newick and Chailey. It was customary for a rural...
abandoned them, finding life far easier without external aids. She left Chailey Heritage School, Sussex, at the age of 17, and moved to London. She then...
The ruins of the Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital stand to the seaward side of Tide Mills, east of Newhaven, Sussex, in England. The hospital, which was...
was a charity worker who during the 1960s and 1970s volunteered at the Chailey Heritage Foundation (which helps young children with disabilities) near...
overs in the match, with Nottinghamshire winning by 226 runs. He died at Chailey, Sussex on 13 February 1961. "First-Class Matches played by Alfred Seal"...
Chailey Heritage Craft School, East Sussex, in 1951. His illness resulted in the paralysis and withering of his left leg, shoulder and arm. Chailey was...
Sword. ISBN 1-84415-221-9. Shulman, Milton (1995). Defeat in the West. Chailey: Masquerade. pp. 310–311. ISBN 1-872947-03-4. Trigg, Jonathan (2020). To...
primary school years at Brandlehow Primary School; she subsequently attended Chailey Secondary School and later Imberhorne School. She is best known for her...
the Glynde Butterflies took on the Firle Blues. Other teams included the Chailey Grasshoppers, Selmeston Harvest Bugs, Waldron Bees, Eastbourne Seagulls...
school between the ages of seven and 13, then Chailey School, a comprehensive secondary school in Chailey, followed by Priory School, Lewes, for sixth...
suddenly, aged 46, at his home in Beggar's Wood, North Chailey, Sussex. Nature conservator, Chailey Common Council member, Sussex Archaeological Society...
was a specialist in Property Law. He is Chairman of Chailey Heritage School and a Trustee of Chailey Heritage Foundation. He was educated at Eton College...
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