| Crowborough Chapel [a.k.a. All Saints Church] Chapel Green Church Road Crowborough |
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| 172 | Christenings | 164 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1766 | The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr ⇒ p. 262 |
| 1890 | An Illustrated Guide to Crowborough by Boys Firmin ⇒ Book extract p. 56 |
| 1928 | Rotherfield - The Story of some Wealden Manors by Catharine Pullein ⇒ p. 254 |
| 1933 | The Story of Crowbrough ⇒ p. 40 |
| 1985 | Crowborough - The Growth of a Wealden Town by Malcolm Payne ⇒ p. 95 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 12th Jun 1734 | History | Church | Sir Henry Fermor's Will | ||
| Extracts from Sir Henry Fermor's will dated 21 January 1732 and proven on 12th June 1734 I will and appoint William Oakill of Sevenoaks, aforesaid, Schoolmaster of the Charity School I have directed to be built in the Parish of Rotherfield ............... I will and direct that my trustees shall lay out any sum, not exceeding the sum of £1,500 in erecting and building a chapel, or church, and a Charity School, in the plainest and cheapest manner, so as it be strong and lasting, for the ease and benefit of the parishes and parishioners of Rotherfield and Buxted, in the said County of Sussex, which Church and Charity School I will shall be erected and built in or near a place called Crowborough and Ashdown Forest, as my executors shall think most convenient, for the use and benefit of the very ignorant and heathenish people A further £4,500 was given for purchase of land to be held in trust so that the rents and profits earned could go towards the maintenance of a shoolmaster and minister ....... A sum of £3,000 was to be invested in land for the benefit of the poor children to be taught and educated in the said school, from time to time, as long as they continue scholars there; the yearly rents, issues, and profits of the same land to be laid out in buying wool, hemp and books, to be equally divided and distributed amongst them ... ................... Sir Henry stipulated that no child should be less than 7 years of age upon admittance, nor proceed in education above the space of four years". The children were to be taught to read, write and cast accounts, and at no time were there to be more than 40 children in attendance. Sir Henry Fermor died in Sevenoaks on 2 June 1734 The Charity School and Chapel were completed in 1744 | |||||
| 1744 |  | Crowborough Chapel and School, Crowborough by Samuel Grimm and James Lambert (The Burrell Collection) | Crowborough Chapel [a.k.a. All Saints Church] | The Burrell Collection | |
| Samuel Hieronymous Grimm (1733-1794), artist, was born in Switzerland, studied in Berne and Paris before moving to Covent Garden, London in 1768. Besides his work as a commercial engraver and watercolour painter he is best known for some 2,500 commissioned watercolurs of antiquities, historic buildings and landscapes in the British Library (MSS 15537-48). Throughout the 1780s he toured Sussex, sketching churches, monuments, castles, abbeys and houses of the gentry James Lambert, senior, (1725-1788) and his nephew James Lambert, junior, (1744-1799) were both landscape painters living in Lewes, Sussex. Between them they produced over 600 items, ranging from pencil sketches to large oils. William Burrell (1732-96), antiquary, was born in Leadenhall Street, London, educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University. He became Chancellor of Worcester and Rochester Dioceses, M.P. for Haslemere and a Commissioner of Excise. From 1780 he employed Samuel Grimm and the Lamberts to make drawings of all the notable antiquities and important houses in Sussex, which he bequeathed to the British Museum in his will. for more information refer to Sussex Views by Walter H. Godfrey and L.F. Salzman and Sussex Depicted by John Farrant, both published by the Sussex Record Society. | |||||
| c 1825 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood | Chapel | ||
| 1834 | History | chapel | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| Crowborough is worthy of notice. It is remarkable for its great height, being the fourth highest hill in the county, and 804 feet above the level of the sea; on the summit stood formerly a beacon; in the bottom, at the south-east side, stands two neat edifices, exhibiting the appearance of a hermitage. They are a chapel and a school house funded by Sir Henry Fermor, Bart., late of Sevenoaks, Kent, whose family were originally of this parish. | |||||
| 26th Feb 1839 |  | Reverend J. J. W. Turner (occupier and owner) | Reverend John Jervis William Turner, M.A., chaplain of Crowborough | Chapel House and Premises, Buildings etc. (0 acres 2 roods 20 perches) plot 2609 | Rotherfield Tithe Map |
| 1867 | Directory entry | Turner Rev. Jno. Jervis Wm., Crowboro' | Crowboro' | Post Office Directory | |
| At CROWBOROUGH is a chapel and a school for boys, both endowed in 1732 by Sir Henry Fermor ; the Rev. John Jervis William Turner, chaplain. | |||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Crowborough Chapel | ||
| 17th Sep 1880 | History | All Saints' Church | Fermor School 1744-1994 | ||
Under the terms of the original Scheme, the Governors of the Sir Henry Fermor's Foundation were to take charge of the old Fermor Trust until, following negotiations with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, a final severence and settlement of the endowment fund was completed. This aspect, the formal separation of the church or chapel from the school, came about on 17 September 1880 - the founding date of All Saints' Church. Although 23 October 1877 was the date the school could operate as an independent body from the Trust, it was not the date the new school appeared on the Charity Farm site. Construction began in 1878, and completion came near the end of 1880, possibly coinciding with 17 September, the date the old schoolhouse became the property of the Church. Up until that time, the schoolhouse had been in use under the mastership of Mr Jeremiah Davis, who then became the first headmaster of the new Sir Henry Fermor School. | |||||
| 1882 | Directory entry | Crowborough Chapel [a.k.a. All Saints Church] | Kelly's Directory | ||
| The church of All Saints is being re-built. | |||||
| 1890 |  | All Saints Church, Crowborough | Firmin's Guide | ||
| c 1890 |  | Choir of All Saints Church in the 1890s, Crowborough | Fermor School 1744-1994 | ||
| c 1899 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1899 by Ordnance Survey | Saints Church | ||
| 1900 |  | All Saints Church, Crowborough 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. | |||||
| 1900 |  | All Saints Church and Vicarage, Crowborough 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. | |||||
| 1910 |  | All Saints Church, Crowborough photographed by A.H. Homewood, Burgess Hill | Private collection | ||
| c 1910 |  | All Saints Church, Crowborough | Private collection | ||
| 1911 |  | All Saints Church, Crowborough photographed by Valentine's series | Bill Chewter's records | ||
| c 1920 |  | Crowborough Green and All Saints Church, Crowborough | Crowborough Chapel [a.k.a. All Saints Church] | Private collection | |
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