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2 unusual facts about West Hoathly


Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation

It is particularly well exposed throughout the region between East Grinstead, West Sussex, and Tunbridge Wells, Kent, at localities such as; Stone Farm south of East Grinstead; Chiddinglye Rocks near West Hoathly; Toad Rock, Bull’s Hollow and Happy Valley west of Tunbridge Wells; and Harrisons Rocks, Bowles Rocks and High Rocks near Crowborough.

West Hoathly

Jasper Vinall from West Hoathly was the first cricketer known to have been killed while playing the game.



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Albert Morrow

He died at his residence in West Hoathly in 1927, and his headstone in the local churchyard at All Saints Church, Highbrook was designed by Albert Toft.

St Margaret's Church, West Hoathly

An ancient Sussex custom, also encountered at a few other churches nearby (such as those at Lindfield and Ardingly), applied for many years at West Hoathly: every landowner in the parish was responsible for the upkeep of a specific section of the churchyard wall.