Crawley Down – Past to nearly Present
Jeremy Hodgkinson, MA, FSA SpeakerNet Sponsor
- Regions:
- Surrey, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £60 + 25p/mile
- Category:
- Humanities
- Updated:
- 16th August 2024
- Tagged:
- Local History | Community | Social History
For centuries a stretch of common land near the Sussex-Surrey border and a venue in the Regency period for prize fighting, the coming of the railway provided the impetus for the development of a village that is now home to more than 5000 people. The talk traces the key milestones of the village’s growth.
Views: 548 | Enquiries: 0About Jeremy Hodgkinson, MA, FSA
I am a retired school teacher and, for more than 40 years, have lectured, primarily about the Wealden iron industry, at conferences and to local societies and adult education audiences. I have also appeared occasionally in a specialist role on radio and television. I gained my MA in Regional and Local History from the University of Brighton in 1993. I am a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and until recently was an Honorary Research Fellow of Exeter University. I was Chairman of the Wealden Iron Research Group for 24 years and am now the editor of its annual journal. I am the author of two books: The Wealden Iron Industry, published in 2008, and British Cast-Iron Firebacks, published in 2010.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Jeremy Hodgkinson, MA, FSA
- Cast-iron Firebacks
- Heraldry on British Iron Firebacks
- Pictures in Iron: Pictorial Designs on British Firebacks
- Wealden Iron and Church Monuments
- The Wealden Iron Industry (from the Iron Age to the early-19th century)
- The Iron Industry in the Weald from the Iron Age to the Middle Ages
- The Post-medieval Iron Industry in the Weald (from 1490-1828)
- Gun-founding in the Weald
- The Work of the Wealden Iron Research Group
- Iron Firebacks - a Sussex Speciality
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