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5 unusual facts about Haywards Heath


Charlotte Bingham

Charlotte Bingham (b. 29 June 1942 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England) is an English novelist who has written over 30 mainly historical romance novels and has also written for many television programmes including Upstairs, Downstairs, Play for Today and Robin's Nest.

The Honourable Charlotte Mary Thérèse Bingham was born on 29 June 1942 in Haywards Heath, Sussex.

Lepel Griffin

He was cremated and his ashes were interred at a private chapel owned by Colonel Dudley Sampson in Buxhalls, Haywards Heath, Sussex.

St Richard's Church, Haywards Heath

The parish of St Richard was created in 1939 from parts of the parishes of Cuckfield, Lindfield and St Wilfrid's Church.

The present reinforced concrete and brick structure replaced a temporary building which was a daughter church to Haywards Heath's parish church, St Wilfrid's; the new church soon became parished in its own right to reflect the rapid population growth in the northern part of the town.


Eddy Shah

Shah was educated at the Scottish co-educational independent boarding school of Gordonstoun, and at both Haywards Heath Grammar School and Haywards Heath Secondary Modern School, at Haywards Heath in Sussex.

Freedom Leisure

In the Mid Sussex towns of Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath, the organisation operates not only the leisure centres but also an entertainment venue in each town.

Markerstudy Group

Since establishment, the company has grown into a large network of businesses and holds 64 companies under the Markerstudy Group umbrella, with offices located nationwide including Tunbridge Wells, Haywards Heath and Chesterfield.

Mid Sussex Times

The two major towns served by the paper are Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath, including news from and around the surrounding parishes of Cuckfield, Lindfield, Hassocks, Chailey, and as far north as Forest Row.

Rape of Lewes

The rape of Lewes includes the city of Brighton and Hove in its south-west corner, as well as the towns of Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Lewes, Newhaven and Seaford.

Slip coach

The first certain example of this practice being carried out was at Haywards Heath on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in May 1858.


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