Long a quiet and picturesque spot in Sussex, as the 19th century dawned, Henfield found itself a stop on the busy London to Brighton coaching route, before the railway arrived half a century later casting all else before it. Spurring a vibrant century long market gardening industry it was also then to depart. See some of the highlights of the people, places, industries and recreations of Henfield past.
If you have historic photographs of Henfield in your personal album, please let us know and we will be happy to consider them for accession to the collection.
If you have historic photographs of Henfield in your personal album, please let us know and we will be happy to consider them for accession to the collection.
Marking the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, see some of Henfield's many royal celebrations past...
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Individual subject areas elsewhere on the site...
Featured Photograph
'Ivatt class' engine 41301 enters Henfield Railway Station en route to Horsham, 30th April 1964. The 1954 Crewe built engine was to go out of service in 1966, scrapped at Cohen's yard in Swansea. The railway line itself was likewise decommissioned in the Beeching Cuts in 1966, 105 years after first opening. Photo by John Scrace. Henfield Museum Collection
Selected B&W and Sepia Gallery
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