Chyngton Field
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The Mystery of an unassuming field, a broken white mug and a random postcard. An exercise in persistence, intrigue and satisfaction – Part 2
Submitted by Jules W Welcome back to the mystery! Hopefully, the previous blog highlighting the enormity of the community here in WW1 has whetted your appetite for more? In this post, the soldiers who lived here will tell their story, maybe one of them was in the postcard picture from last time, or was…
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The Mystery of an unassuming field, a broken white mug and a random postcard. An exercise in persistence, intrigue and satisfaction – Part 1
submitted by Jules W What do a field, a mug and a postcard have in common? If this was a question on ITV’s ‘1% Club’ then perhaps a search for how many vowels they have, or which vowel is not evident, or letters in each noun, but this is not a test of IQ! It…
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Where is Chyngton Field and why is it under threat?
CHYNGTON FIELD The field shown in the right foreground of the picture above with sheep quietly grazing is Chyngton Field. It is located at the bottom of the ancient bridleway leading up to South Hill barn, from where you can obtain the iconic view of the Seven Sisters cliffs. It forms part of the gateway…