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which campaigns for the conservation and improvement of this attractive town with its important heritage and rich cultural life.
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Thursday 8th June 7.30pm at Christ Church, High Street, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1UT
'Michelham Priory: the site and its history' - an illustrated talk by Helen Poole.
In 1229 a group of
Augustinian canons established Michelham Priory on an idyllic site in the bend of the
Cuckmere river near Hailsham. It survived difficult times before ending up as Thomas
Cromwell's first Sussex property at the Dissolution. Since then it has hosted a number
of tenant farmers and others, with some residents reputed to remain as ghosts haunting
their former home. Set in beautiful gardens and featuring a reconstructed Iron
Age setting in the grounds, it is open to the public and provides a lively education and
events programme.
