Cross-in-Hand
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Cross-in-Hand is a small village outside Heathfield town to its west, in the Wealden District situated in East Sussex, England. It is occasionally referred to as Isenhurst.
The village
Cross-in-Hand is situated at the junction the A267 running between
History
The village historically provided services to the iron trade, and a windmill called the "New Mill" has stood at its current site since 1868, although it was built in Framfield in 1855. The reason for this time delay is that the mill was originally placed a quarter of a mile from its current location in its year of construction, and was moved on the command of the local squire at the time, Louis Huth.[2]
The
The first Heathfield Agricultural Show was held there in 1946.[5]
Cross-in-Hand Raceway
The village had its own
See also
References
- ^ Google Maps
- ^ Cross-in-Hand Windmill
- ISBN 0713428538. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ISBN 9780099520177. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ISBN 9781857701531. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ISBN 0-7524-4080-2
- ^ Living with Spede, The First Ten Years of Spedeworth International
External links
Media related to Cross in Hand at Wikimedia Commons