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Dear Residents,WelcometotheDecemberissueoftheAshdownForestLiving.

ThismonthwearepublishingthesecondpartofaHistoryofAshdownForestaspromised.

NutleyWindmill,agemattheheartofAshdownForest,istheonlyOpenTrestlePostMillthatisstillinworkingorderinthecountry...Wearegivingit’sjustdesertswitha2pagefeatureaboutit’spastandalooktoit’sfuture.

AsitisChristmastimewe’veafeatureaboutwhotherealGoodKingWenceslaswas-thefamouscarolwastranslated/writteninnearbyEastGrinsteadbyJohnMasonNeale.

This area’s favourite fictional son, Winnie-the-Pooh, islovedtheworldover.Wehaveaninsightintosomeofthepeoplethatsurroundedhimasayoungteddy,fulloflotsofphotos!

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FinallywewouldliketowishyoualovelyChristmas,andallthebestfor2012.

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ContentsThe History of Ashdown Forest, Part II 6,8

December Recipe 10

Nutley Windmill 12,14

Good King Wenceslas 16

Pooh People 18,20

Miss Moneywise 22

Quiz, Quotes 24

Crowborough to Host Olympic Torch Relay 26

The English Language: Shakespeare 26

What’s On 28

Rangers Report 30

Index 30

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The conflict between the rights of the Kingandhiscourtiersandthoseofthecommonpeoplewholivedinthe

areacausedmanyproblems,mainlyforthelatter.Theordinaryforestdwellerhadcertainrights.Asurveycarriedoutin127�shows208familieslivingontheedgeofAshdownForest.Theycouldgrazetheirpigsandcattleandtakedeadwoodandfurzeforfuelandrepairs.Theycouldnotcarryabowandanydogstheyownedhadtohavetheirclawsremovedsotheycouldnotharmgame.Thepunishmentforpoachingwassevere,imprisonmentandabanonbeingallowedbackontheforestwhenreleased.

In 1496 the first water-powered blast furnace inEnglandwasbuiltatNewbridgenearColeman’sHatch.Theironindustry,largelyneglectedsincetheRomansleft,wassoontoexpandrapidly.By1600therewereoverseventyfurnacesintheWeald,themajorityontheforest.FormorethanahundredyearstheWealdhadavirtualmonopolyofthegun-castingindustry.Thisonlycametoanend when the coal fired furnaces appeared andthecharcoalfuelledonesintheWealdcouldnotcompete.

RichardSackvillewasappointedMasterForesterin1561.HewasthegrandfatherofThomasSackville,SecondEarlofDorset,wholeft£1,000inhiswilltobuildSackvilleCollegeinEastGrinsteadasanalmshousefor“twenty-onemenandtenwomen”.TheSackvilleslookedafterAshdownForestwell,buttheonsetoftheCivilWarchangedthat.TheforestwasgiventotheParliamentaryArmyandthepalefellintodisrepair.Thedeerwerehuntednearlytoextinction.

AftertheRestoration,duringthereignofCharlesII,variousplanswereproposedfortheimprovementoftheforest,buttheinterveningyearshadseensomanydiverseusersandusesoftheland,itprovedimpossibletoreconcilethemall.Acompromisewassoughtand,in169�,6�00acreswereawardedtotheCommonerstogetherwithrightssimilartothosetheyhadenjoyedpreviously.Theremaining1�,000acreswereavailableforre-enclosureandimprovement.Inspiteofthis,however,the

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nexthundredyearssawrepeatedattemptsbysuccessiveLordsoftheManortorestricttherightsoftheCommonersandbytheCommonerstodestroytheenclosures.

Bythemid1800stransportationtoAustraliawasnotanuncommonsentenceforthiscrime.TheEnclosureActsataboutthesameperiodmeantthatmanyofthecommonersrights disappeared and some had to find workashedgersorditchersbecausetheycouldnolongergrazetheiranimalsontheforest.

In1885theAshdownForestActwaspassedwhichestablishedaBoardofConservatorstooverseetheforestandpreserveitinitsnaturalstate.ThisActwasstregthenedin19�7furtherempoweringtheConservatorstoenforcetheby-laws.

EastSussexCountyCouncilboughttheforestfromtheEarldelaWarrin1988andatrustwasformedtotakelegalownership.ItwasdesignatedaSpecialProtectionAreasometwelveyearslaterandfencingandgrazingwerebroughtintosmallpartsonthesouthandwest.ItisnowalsoaSpecialAreaofConservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.Toensurethatthehabitatsarenotharmedbytoobigafootfallofvisitors,localplanningauthoritiesnowhavetotakethedistancefromtheforestintoaccountwhendecidingonlargedevelopmentsintheirareas.

AshdownForestisnowamajorattractioninthearea.Walkerscomefortheopenterrain,interspersedwithstandsofScotsPines,whichgivesspectacularviewsovertheHighWealdAreaofOutstandingNaturalBeauty.BirdwatcherscometotrytocatchaglimpseofaDartfordwarbler,oranight-jarorwoodlark.Botanistssearchfortheraremarshgentians.

Dogsareexercised,horsesareridden,forwhichtheirridersneedapermit.Huntingisnowbannedandthedeerarebackinlargenumbersoncemore.

Inadditiontothevisitors,theforestisthelocation chosen for many scientific surveys on butterflies and reptiles and ecologists monitorthenumerousstreams.AllofthismakesAshdownForestoneofthebestresources for recreational use and scientific studyintheSouthEast.UnderthevigilanteyeoftheConservatorsitssurvivalisassuredforthenextthousandyearsatleast.

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The Ashdown Bird Group was set up in 1989 by then Forest Superintendent, John Nicholls, Ranger Chris Marrable, and Roy Harman. Its aim was to monitor the forest’s birds: in particular, those which are heathland specialities – Nightjar, Stonechat, Dartford Warbler, etc.

As well as routine monitoring, particular note is taken of a few selected species each year. In 2011, concentration has been put on Woodlarks, Redstarts and Tree Pipits.

Another aspect of the Group’s work involves leading walks on the Forest. On the spring walk this year, visitors were very pleased to see a perched Turtle Dove close by.

Details of any interesting or unusual sightings are always welcome. To get in touch visit: www.ashdown-forest.co.uk.

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Model of the new visitor centre.

To the right of the existing barn is the site of the new visitor centre.

In the middle of Ashdown Forest stands a grand old lady, she’s been there for nearly two hundred years through rain and storms. She is called Marlpits Windmill, Nutley and she was already elderly by that time, having been born three hundred years earlier, in the time of Henry VIII. I find it mind boggling that she was an acorn in about 1450, which was only two hundred years after windmills were brought or invented in this Country and Europe.

InthisCountrytherearethreetypesofWindmills:

Post: withthewholebodyofthemillturningtofacethewindbyManpower,andistheoriginaltype.

Tower:hasbrickorstonewallsandonlythetop(theCap)turnstofacethewind.LocalexamplesareatPolegateorStoneCross.

Smock: similartothetowermillsbutisbuiltoftimberandisshapedliketheoldlabour’ssmock.LocalexamplesareatWestBlatchingtonorChailey.

MarlpitsWindmill,Nutleyistheearliestdesignofmill,anOpenTrestlePostmill.Thebody,calledthebuck,iserectedontopofanoakpostwhichissupportedbyatimbertrestle.Thebuckispushedroundtofacethewindbyalongtailpoleattherearandpushedtowindbythemiller.There are only five of these designs left in this Country one in Kent, three in Cambridgeshire,withNutleybeingtheonlyonecapableofworking.

LocallytherearelaterdesignsofPostMills,atCrossinHand,ArgosHill,WindmillHillandClaytonJill.InthesethetrestleissurroundedwithabuildingcalledaRoundhouseandisusuallyturnedtowindbyafantailattheback,oftenonthetailpole.

Nutleycametohereinseveralmoves,startingfromKentwith the final move from Crowborough. This is quite a commonpracticeandatthemillwehaveacopyofaprintshowingonebeingpulledby86oxenin1797inBrighton,thiswindmillnolongerexists.

Nutleyarrivedabout18�5andsheworkeduntilabout1908.ForthenextsixtyyearssherestedbuthadmaintenancecarriedoutonherbytheownerLadyCastle-Stewarttopreventherfallingdown.In1968agroupofenthusiastsgottogetherandaftergettingtheownerspermission planned the restoration. The Uckfield & District PreservationSocietywasformedtoraisefunds,LadyCastle-Stewartagreedtopaypoundforpoundtowardsthefunds.OverthenextfouryearsNutleywasrestoredbacktoworkingorder,thatistosayworkableorder.

Themillhadallitsworkingpartsfromwhenitworkedin1908buttheseareverywornandwormeaten.Wedonotwanttohavetoreplacethewornoutmachineryandsolosetheirhistoricvalue.Wethereforeonlyrunherononedayayearandthenonlygrindabouttwohundred

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Saint Wenceslas was a king of Bohemia, an area that is now part of present day Czech Republic.

The young Wencelas was influenced & educated by his paternal grandmother Ludmila, a devout Christian.

Wencelsas’s father died when he was thirteen and, as the oldest male, he was made King. His mother, Drahomira, ruled until he was eighteen during which time she had Ludmila murdered and purportedly returned the country to a more pagan way of life.

Wenceslas enlivened a dedicated Christian way of life when he came to the throne aged 18, building, for instance, the Rotunda of St Vitus in Prague Castle.

He has variously been depicted providing shelter to orphans, buying children out of slavery and giving alms to the poor.

Legend says that he banished his mother and her pagan followers from his castle – although letting her back later.

After four fruitful years of his rule, when Wenceslas was 22, his brother Boleslav plotted with other nobles to kill him. He invited Wenceslas to celebrate a saint’s day with him, but on the way to the Church, he was attacked and stabbed to death by Boleslav’s supporters.

His brother was then enthrowned and unsurprisingly became known as Boleslaus I, the Cruel.

It is alleged that being remorseful of what he had done, he promised to devote his son to religion and educate him as a clergyman.

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Immortalised into the English language on the border of Ashdown Forest, whether the carol story is factual or not, he is certainly remembered by history as a saintly, compassionate ruler.

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Mrs Milne was elegant and charming as we chatted beside the inglenook fireplace.

“We had no idea, as we sat making Pooh and Piglet voices, that those terribly English toys would amuse people so faraway,” she told me. “I suppose my husband’s dream characters had the faults and foibles of all people whether they live in wigwams or igloos.”

In 2009 I invited some of those who remembered the Milne days, to a nostalgic “Hunny Tea” at Cotchford Farm, as guests of today’s owners, Alistair and Harriet Johns.

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There can be no teddy bear in the world like Ashdown Forest’s very own Winnie-the-Pooh, whose paw has been lovingly clasped by so many people, famous and not so famous. I talked to many of them while researching my book, gathering a personal record of the impact Christopher Robin’s childhood companion had on all who knew him.

Pete TaskerPete arrived proudly clutching the Pooh look-alike teddy that Mr Milne gave his dad, George, when he was born. George Tasker devoted his life to the creation of the gardens at Cotchford and won prizes at the annual flower show. “He was forbidden by Mrs Milne to give those blooms to the church!” Pete told me. “Dad was very loyal and every payday, he donned his Sunday best to wait, politely, by the kitchen door.”

Dawn BoakesDawn’s granny kept the bakery (today Pooh Corner) in Hartfield. She told how, with Nanny holding the reins, Christopher Robin often rode his donkey down to buy bullseyes. “Mrs Milne was rather aloof” she observed. “She looked immaculate, with blue-rinsed hair, walking through the village in the middle of the street. We thought she didn’t want to speak to any of us.”

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Hannah played Eeyore and Rosemary was Pooh in a pageant attended by the Duchess of York in 1929. Hannah lived on the nearby chicken farm and was a constant playmate for Christopher Robin. Her saddest memory was of the day that Roo was lost for ever in the orchard.

Cotchford Farm has hardly changed since the Milne days and though people in Hartfield never felt they “belonged”, those who worked for them, shared the magic they created and remember them with warmth.

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Crowborough’s main Christmas Event in the Town Centre from 5 - 7p.m. The evening will start with Father Christmas visiting the Town Centre on his way to the Grotto in the Town Hall. There will be entertainment for the whole family as well as fairground rides, stilt walkers, magicians, jugglers and ice maidens who will be on hand to provide street entertainment. Live music will be provided at the Piazza and the land train will be transporting youngsters to Santa’s grotto. The countdown to the Christmas lights switch on will be at 7.00 p.m. For more info: 01892 652907, email: [email protected]

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Sussex Family History Group, Uckfield Branch: Victorian Christmas Show – Timespan. Refreshments available. Meet 7pm for 7.30pm start at Luxford Day Centre, Library Way, High St, Uckfield.

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Every day Christmas Tree Festival. From 10am to 6pm (except Saturday 1-3). Holy Trinity Church will be hosting its 9th Christmas Tree Festival. 20 trees all decorated by the entrants will be on show. All can vote for their favourites. Awards will be given at the back of the Church after the Parish Carol service at 6pm on the Sunday, with mince pies! Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row. Email: [email protected]

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Answers to Quiz

Being a ranger is a demanding job so you have to be physically fit. There are four rangers on the forest, each one responsible for his own chase. Our duties include patrolling the forest and the car parks, litter picking and reporting suspicious vehicles. Removing fly tipping, searching for lost dogs, herding sheep and cattle off the roads. Shooting injured deer. We work with ESFR putting out forest fires and the police. Anyone injured on the forest who needs a paramedic will often get a lift in a rangers truck as the ambulances cannot drive far over the forest. If the casualty cannot be moved we have to call in the air ambulance. The forest boundaries are walked every year and this is a considerable task as there are some 800 properties on the forest. When we have done that there are wildlife and vegetation surveys, roadside trees and the conservation of the heathland. Issuing wood permits, checking riding badges. Maintaining footpaths, bridges, car parks and rides. Then there is the administrative work. Hours are spent using digital maps and gps. Records have to be kept

and updated and there are meetings with other public bodies. All rangers are mobile and we have new radios fitted in our vehicles thanks to Pat Arnold and the Friends of Ashdown Forest. So if you need to report an incident, such as an accident or sheep on the road or fly tipping you can phone 01342 823583 or 822846 in the evenings and weekends and we will be there!

Mike Yates, Ashdown Forest Ranger

1.75 miles/3km

From Linton’s car park cross the road (with care) into Ridgecar park (summer only). Walk out of the rear past a seat ontoa grass path and in about 50m turn left onto a ride. Remain onthis gently descending ride, ignoring another that bears offright, for about 400m.

On both left and right are linear quarries,now filled with scrub and trees. Suchquarries dot the Forest landscape andprovided stone for roads. Typical heathlandbirds such as nightjar, stonechat, tree pipitand woodlark usually breed in this area andthe ride edges in particular are one of thebest places on the Forest (indeed in Sussex)to see, in May, the yellow flowers of thesmall spiny shrub, petty whin.

The ride bears left, then right through a break in the quarriesand continues descending for 400m to a metalled drive (SandyLane) . On the left is a bowling green and ahead are thecricket pitch and pavilion of Coleman’s Hatch Cricket Club.

On the hill-top in the distance is Gills Lap Clump, the Galleons Lapof the Winnie-the-Pooh books. One old name for the Clump was TheCamel’s Hump, from the shape formed by the silhouettes of its pinetrees. In the 1920s, when the picture (left) was taken, there werevery few trees on the surrounding slopes, just open heathland.

Cross the drive and walk to the right of the cricket pitch. Wherethe ride divides, bear right, leaving the pitch, and bear rightat the next divide after 300m . The ride descends more steeplyand swings right and downhill into woodland and to a bridgeover a stream .

This area is known as Tabell Ghyll. Itswoodland is most unusual for the publicpart of the Forest with its many largetrees, especially beech, and severalhectares of planted sweet chestnutcoppice. The area was sold off from thecommon land of the Forest in 1693 andonly ‘returned’ during World War Two inexchange for the compulsory purchaseof land elsewhere for military reasons.In the map of 1931 (below) the heavilywooded Ghyll is in marked contrast to the heath to the north of thestream – a reflection of different land use over 250 years.

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