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Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1835 | The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 365; p. 367 |
| 1859 | Diary of a Sussex Tradesman [Thomas Turner], a Hundred Years Ago by R. W. Blencowe, Esq., M.A. and M. A. Lower, M.A., F.S.A. ⇒ p. 202 |
| 1870 | A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 93 |
| 1904 | Highways and Byways in Sussex by E.V. Lucas ⇒ p. 298 |
| 1927 | The Sussex Highlands ⇒ p. 53 |
| 1929 | Buxted The Beautiful by K. H. Macdermott ⇒ p. 5; p. 11; p. 21 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1279 to 1351 | History | Bocstede | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
| The earliest reference to a lord of the manor of Buxted seems to be that in a Patent Roll of 1279, recording a plain made by Thomas de Marinis that certain evil-doers broke into his park of Bocstede and hunted therein. The next successor mentioned is a member of the same family, Roger Marynes (in 1298), who was succeeded by Thomas Marynes in the following year. Roger de Marynes became tenant for life of "the manor of Bocstede" (the first recorded use of that title) in 1330. From 1331, Joane Marynes was tenant for life, but the inheritance was in Isabell of Grovehurst. | |||||
| 1352 to 1523 | History | Bocstede | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
| Sir Galfredus de Say held it [the manor of Bocstede] in 1352, and it continued in his family for thirty years, when John de Say died seized of this manor in his minority, leaving it to Elizabeth, his sister and heiress. It continued in the de Say family down to 1397 when Sir J. de Clynton [who had married Idonea de Say] held the manor. William Heron [who had married Elizabeth de Say] was his successor (1403), but the de Clyntons again held it (1432). Then it passed to the Lewknors, by whom it was sold in 1523 to the Walleys. | |||||
| 30th Oct 1404 | History | Buxted Park | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| William Heron, Lord Say, by his testament bearing date Oct. 30, 1404 (6th Henry IV), appointed Sir Robert Pebelow, Parson of Westbourne, Sir Piers, Vicar of Bourne, feoffees of the Brewose his lands, which fell to Elizabeth Lady Say, his wife, by inheritance, should deliver all those lands unto her next heir, on the Brewose his side, charging them as they could answer at the day of doom, to compleat an hospital which was begun at the church of Buckstead, of six or four poor men at least; and a chantry priest to govern them, the priest to have for his support ten marks, and every poor man five marks per annum. | |||||
| 1427 to 1621 | History | Buxted Park | Bill Attwell's records | ||
| Buxted Manor was in the hands of the atte Welle family (later to become known as Welles, Wellys or Wells , but never Walleys) from at least 1427 until it eventually passed to Saintmount Wells. Buxted Manor then passed to his brother John who sold it in 1621 to Edward Lindsey (as recorded in the Friends of Sussex Record Office, Autumn 2009, p.10). | |||||
| 1523 to 1620 | History | Bocstede | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
| It [the manor of Bocstede] was sold to the Walleys, who held possession for 98 years, though it was leased for a time to J. Comber and T. Mychelborne, in 1563. | |||||
| 1620 to 1684 | History | Bocstede | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
| Richard and Edward Amherst then bought it [the manor of Bocstede] for the sum of £2,500, together with Buxted Place and lands, containing in all 327 acres. In the next year, 1621, the manor and 160 acres of land were conveyed to Edward Lyndsey; then after his widow's occupation, to Stephen Penkhurst, who leased it to Symon Adams, and in 1652 to J. Marsham for a while. The yearly value of the lands, quit rents, tithes, etc., was stated to be £1,587 in 1649. Then it was leased in 1679 to J. Pollexfen. In 1684, Sir J. Marsham had the lease of Buxted Manor. | |||||
| 1711 to 1722 | History | Humphrey Fowle, J.P. | Bocstede | Buxted The Beautiful | |
| Humphrey Fowle of Rotherfield, a connection by marriage of the Penkhurst family, purchased the manor [of Bocstede] in 1711; he sold it in 1722 to Thomas Medley of Conyborough, Barcombe, who marked his ownership by pulling down the old mansion, which stood on low ground at the end of the lime-tree avenue in the Park, and building the present house on the higher ground nearer the Church. | |||||
| 1722 to 1796 | History | the [Buxted] estate | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
Through the Medleys the [Buxted] estate passed in succession as follows:-
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| c 1724 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1724 by Richard Budgen | Buxstead Place | ||
| c 1750 | History | Buxted Place | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| Buxted Place, the seat of the Earl of Liverpool, is a noble mansion built of brick, and displaying the utmost simplicity of architecture. It was begun about the middle of last century [i.e. c 1750], by Edward Medley, Esq., Barrister at Law, and was finished by his nephew, George Medley, Esq., who, as a wine merchant in Portugal, amassed an immense property; a part of which, however, he lost in the ravges occasioned by the memorable earthquake in Lisbon, in the year 1755. Settling at Buxted, he for many parliaments represented the borough of Seaford, and afterwards East Grinstead. | |||||
| 29th Dec 1758 | History | Buxted Place | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
| Thomas Turner's Diary “Fryday, Dec. 29 - Mr. French and I set out for Buxted Place. We were prodigious civilly entertained with some bread and cheese, wine and beer. We was showed the house all over, which undoubtedly is a very fine place built in the modern taste.” | |||||
| 29th Dec 1758 | Diary entry | Buxted Place | Thomas Turner's Diary | ||
| "Mr. French and I set out for Buxted Place. We were prodigious civilly entertained with some bread and cheese, wine and beer. We was showed the house all over, which undoubtedly is a very fine place, built in the modern taste. This even a meteor was seen in this neighbourhood, which appeared like a ball of fire falling from the clouds to the earth; it seemed as if it fell about Waldron, leaving a train of sparks behind it as it descended; its bigness was at last about the size of a large ball, tho' at first almost like a moon, and extremely light. I imagine fear and surprise hath exaggerated many of the above circumstances." | |||||
| 1773 |  | Buxted Place, watercolour (10.7 x 8.2 cm) painted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, topographical artist | © British Library Board - Shelfmark: Additional MS 5671, Item number: f. 102 (no. 195) | |
| 1777 | History | Park | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
| Scottish firs flourish everywhere, growing to a goodly "bigness" in many cases. The kingly avenue of these firs in the Park is one third of a mile long, and contains 244 trees in two double rows, most of them rising to a height of between 100 and 120 feet. They were planted by one John Curd, in 1777. | |||||
| 1785 |  | Buxted Place, West Front, Buxted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, topographical artist | The Burrell Collection | |
| 1785 |  | Thomas Medley of Conyboroughs, Esq., died 1728, aet 84, watercolour painted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | Thomas Medley | © British Library Board - Shelfmark: Additional MS 5671, Item number: f. 101 (no. 192) | |
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Buxted Place | ||
| 1796 to 1851 | History | The [Buxted] estate | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
| The [Buxted] estate passed to George Medley's niece Julia Shuckburgh nee Evelyn (from 1796 until her death in 1797), to her husband Sir George Shuckburgh (from 1797 until his death in 1804), to his daughter Julia Jenkinson nee Shuckburgh (from 1804 until her death in 1814), and on to her husband Cecil Cope Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool (from 1814 until his death in 1851). | |||||
| 1798 |  | Buxted Place, Buxted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, topographical artist | The Burrell Collection | |
| c 1825 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood | Buxted Place | ||
| 1833 | Liverpool, The Earl of | The Honourable Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson | Buxted Park | Pigot's Directory | |
| c 1836 | History | Buxted Place | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
| When the Earl of Liverpool was at Buxted Place he wished to remove the village elsewhere, so as to enlarge the park and render it more secluded. He accordingly offered to build new houses for the inhabitants anywhere in the parish they wished, if they would move, but the people refused, and stayed where they were. Lord Liverpool then declined to do any repairs to the property, and in course of time the houses fell into decay and became uninhabitable. The tenants had to move then, and the remains of the old village were swept away entirely. This was about 1836. Tradition has it that the Earl wished to remove the church as well, but public opinion was too strong for that vandalism, and the church [St Margaret's] stands to-day in its splendid isolation. | |||||
| 1839 | Liverpool, Rt. Hon., Earl of | The Honourable Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson | Buxted Park | Pigot's Directory | |
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | Jane Wilson, F, Head, age 20 to 24; occupation Servant | Jane Wilson | Buxted Park | 1841 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| Ann Cooke, F, age 20 to 24, occupation: servant | Ann Cooke | ||||
| Charles Welch, M, age 45 to 49; occupation Servant | Charles Welch | ||||
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | Catherine Aspital, F, Head, age 25 to 29; occupation servant | Catherine Aspital, servant | Buxted Park | 1841 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| Mary Daw, F, age 40 to 44; occupation: washerwoman | Mary Daw | ||||
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | George Compton, M, Head, age 20 to 24, occupation: gardener | George Compton, gardener | Buxted Park | 1841 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | George Heaver, M, Head, age 31, born Sussex; occupation: miller | George Heaver, miller | Buxted Park | 1841 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| Martha Heaver, F, [Wife], age 28, born Sussex | Martha Heaver | ||||
| Caroline Heaver, F, [Daughter], age 6, born Sussex | Caroline Heaver | ||||
| Emma Heaver, F, [Daughter], age 4, born Sussex | Emma Martha Heaver | ||||
| Ann Heaver, F, [Daughter], age 3, born Sussex | Ann Elizabeth Heaver | ||||
| Henry Heaver, M, [Son], age 1, born Sussex | Henry Heaver | ||||
| William Marten, M, age 21, born Sussex; occupation: servant | William Marten | ||||
| Ellen Elliker, F, age 14, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Ellen Elliker | ||||
| c 1845 | History | Buxted Place | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
| Queen Victoria and Prince Albert stayed at Buxted Place about 1845, when the Earl of Liverpool lived there. | |||||
| 1851 | Liverpool, Rt. Hon., Earl | The Honourable Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson | Buxted Place | Post Office Directory | |
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: park & game keeper | Richard Markwick, carpenter and gamekeeper | Park | 1851 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| Wife | Sarah Markwick [Marshall] | ||||
| Daughter | Sarah Ann Markwick | ||||
| Son; occupation: carpenter journeyman | Thomas Markwick | ||||
| Daughter | Emily Markwick | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; widowed; occupation: peer | The Honourable Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson | Buxted Park | 1851 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| Servant; widowed; occupation BUTLER | James Roast | ||||
| Servant; occupation UNDER BUTLER | Joshua Wardle | ||||
| Servant, occupation: footman | Henry Cooper | ||||
| Servant; occupation FOOTMAN | Henry Warren | ||||
| Servant; widowed; occupation COACHMAN | James Patterson | ||||
| Servant, occupation: coachman | Zachariah Chandler | ||||
| Servant; occupation: groom | George Hawes | ||||
| Servant; occupation GROOM | John Wickmore | ||||
| Servant; widowed; occupation: housekeeper | Mary Johnson | ||||
| Servant; occupation HOUSEMAID | Caroline Peston | ||||
| Servant; occupation: housemaid | Amy Jones | ||||
| Servant; occupation: stillroom maid | Jane Heylar | ||||
| Servant, occupation: cook | Charles Buck | ||||
| Servant; occupation: kitchenmaid | Sophia May | ||||
| Servant; occupation: scullery maid | Rhoda Eckworth | ||||
| Servant; occupation LAUNDRY MAID | Elizabeth Wood | ||||
| Servant; occupation LAUNDRY MAID | Georgianna Perren | ||||
| Servant; occupation: dairy maid | Susan Mansfield | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head, occupation: gardener | George Compton, gardener | Buxted Park Gardens | 1851 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| 1851 to 1929 | History | The [Buxted] estate | Buxted The Beautiful | ||
| The [Buxted] estate passed to Cecil Cope Jenkinson's eldest daughter Lady Catherine Harcourt nee Jenkinson (from 1851 until her death in 1877), to her husband Colonel Francis Harcourt (from 1877 until his death in 1880), to Cecil Cope Jenkinson's granddaughter Mary Portman nee Fitzwilliam (from 1880 until 1899), then to her son The Honourable Henry Berkeley Portman (from 1899 until he died in 1923), and then to his brother The Honourable Claud Berkeley Portman (from 1923 until he died in 1929). | |||||
| 1867 | Directory entry | Harcourt Col. J.P., Buxted park | Colonel Francis Vernon Harcourt | Buxted park | Post Office Directory |
| Buxted Place and park, now the seat of Col. Harcourt, J.P., was put into complete repair by the late proprietor | |||||
| 1867 | Directory entry | Ashby Wm., farm bailiff to Col. Harcourt, Buxted park | Buxted park | Post Office Directory | |
| 1870 | History | Buxted Place | Lower's Sussex | ||
| Buxted Place held by Colonel Harcourt | |||||
| 1874 | Directory entry | Harcourt Col. Francis Vernon, J.P., Buxted park | Colonel Francis Vernon Harcourt | Buxted park | Post Office Directory |
| Buxted Park is now the seat of Col. Francis Vernon Harcourt, J.P. Over the porch of Hog House, on the Buxted Park estate, is a casting of a hog, bearing date 1581; the first cannon cast in England are stated to have been cast near this spot, by Mr. Hogg, the then proprietor; the roof of the porch is also of iron | |||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Buxted Park | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Thomas Saunders, M, Head, single, age 29, born Worcestershire; occupation: gardener | Thomas Saunders, gardener | Park Gardens | 1881 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | James Wearing, M, Head, single, age 21, born Gloucestershire; occupation Gardener | James Wearing | Park Gardens | 1881 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | John Duplock, M, Head, married, age 38, born Buxted; occupation: labourer | John Duplock, labourer | Lodge House | 1881 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| Mary J. Duplock, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Buxted | Mary Jane Duplock [Bishop] | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Frances Palmer, F, Housekeeper (Head), single, age 59, born Rutland; occupation Housekeeper | Frances Palmer | Buxted Park | 1881 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| Jane Morris, F, Servant, single, age 30; occupation: domestic servant | Jane Morris | ||||
| Kate Randall, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Hampshire; occupation Domestic servant | Kate Randall | ||||
| Edward Collins, M, Lodger, married, age 46, born Mayfield, occupation: cowman | Edward Collins | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Joseph Miller, M, Head, married, age 37, born Buxted; occupation: bricklayer journeyman | Joseph Miller | Lodge House | 1881 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| Ruth Miller, F, Wife, married, age 39, born Maresfield | Ruth Miller | ||||
| James Miller, M, Son, age 14, born Maresfield; occupation: bricklayer's labourer | James Miller | ||||
| Ruth Miller, F, Daughter, age 12, born Maresfield; occupation: scholar | Ruth Miller | ||||
| Chase Miller, F, Daughter, age 10, born Buxted; occupation: scholar | Chase Miller | ||||
| Flora Miller, F, Daughter, age 9, born Buxted; occupation: scholar | Flora Miller | ||||
| Luther Miller, M, Son, age 6, born Buxted; occupation: scholar | Luther Miller | ||||
| Joseph Miller, M, Son, age 5, born Buxted; occupation: scholar | Joseph Miller | ||||
| Ernest Miller, M, Son, age 3, born Buxted | Ernest Miller | ||||
| Rowland Miller, M, Son, age 1, born Buxted | Rowland Miller | ||||
| 1882 | Directory entry | Deacon Edmund, Buxted park | Buxted park | Kelly's Directory | |
| Buxted Park, the seat of Edmund Deacon esq., is a massive brick structure, in the midst of a well-stocked deer park of about 300 acres. Over the porch of Hog House, on the Buxted Park estate, is a casting of a hog, bearing date 1581 ; the first cannon cast in England are stated to have been cast near this spot by Mr. Hogg, the then proprietor ; the roof of the porch is also of iron | |||||
| 1888 | Directory entry | Deacon, Mrs, Buxted house | Buxted house | Brooker's Guide | |
| 1888 | Directory entry | Portman, The Hon. W. H. B., Buxted park | Buxted park | Brooker's Guide | |
| 1888 | Directory entry | Allen, John, butler to Mrs Deacon, Buxted house | Buxted house | Brooker's Guide | |
| 1888 | Directory entry | Reed, William, coachman, The Stables, Buxted park | The Stables, Buxted park | Brooker's Guide | |
| 1888 | Directory entry | Watson, John, park keeper, Buxted park lodge | Buxted park lodge | Brooker's Guide | |
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Geo Fred White, M, Head, married, age 74, born Norwood, Surrey; occupation Living on own means | Geo Fred White | Buxted Park | 1891 Census Buxted, Sussex |
| Katharine White, F, Wife, married, age 54, born Dublin | Katharine White | ||||
| Annie Rose White, F, Daughter, single, age 44, born Millbank, Westminster, London | Annie Rose White | ||||
| John Hatcher, M, Guest, single, age 65, born Dublin | John Hatcher | ||||
| Sarah Hawks, F, Servant, single, age 48, born Kirkhall, Norfolk; occupation: housekeeper | Sarah Hawks | ||||
| Lilla Durrant, F, Servant, single, age 18, born Uckfield, Sussex; occupation: upper housemaid | Lilla Durrant | ||||
| Sarah Ann Girling, F, Servant, single, age 28, born Kepingland, Suffolk; occupation: housemaid | Sarah Ann Girling | ||||
| Annette Davey, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Burnham, Essex; occupation: cook | Annette Davey | ||||
| Eli Lynch, M, Servant, married, age 28, born Dulveston, Somerset; occupation: butler | Eli Lynch | ||||
| Frederick Underwood, M, Servant, married, age 24, born Hallen, Worcestershire; occupation Footman | Frederick Underwood | ||||
| Geo Yeoman, M, Servant, married, age 26, born Winchfield, Hampshire; occupation Groom | Geo Yeoman | ||||
| 1902 |  | Buxted Park House, Buxted photographed by Francis Frith | |||
 The Frith archive was founded by Francis Frith, the pioneer Victorian photographer, in 1860 and today contains over 365,000 photographs of some 7,000 towns and villages throughout Britain. Taken between 1860 and 1970 these form a topographical record of Britain without equal and is recognised as probably the only photographic collection of national importance in private hands in Britain today.The importance of the Frith archive is as a topographical and social record. It provides an amazingly detailed visual record of over 7,000 towns and villages, as well as illustrating the enormous social and structural changes which have taken place in Britain since 1860. Whilst some of the photographs are undoubtedly artistically outstanding, the real value of the archive lies in its scale. There is no other archive which can illustrate this period of British history so extensively or to such a high quality. | |||||
| 1906 |  | Views Wood, leading to Buxted Park, Buxted | Private collection | ||
| 1907 |  | Buxted Park, Buxted | Private collection | ||
| 1913 |  | Buxted Park, Buxted | Private collection | ||
| 1914 |  | The Avenue, Buxted Park, Buxted | Private collection | ||
| 1930 |  | Buxted Park | Private collection | ||
| 1930 |  | One of the Drives, Buxted Park Estate | Private collection | ||
| 1930 |  | Entrance Front from the Avenue, Buxted Park | Private collection | ||
| 1930 |  | The South Front, Buxted Park | Private collection | ||
| 1930 |  | In the Grounds, Buxted Park Estate | Private collection | ||
| 1930 |  | View from the Terrace, Buxted Park Estate | Private collection | ||
| 1930 |  | Cottage in the Park, Buxted | Private collection | ||
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