History

Village Life 1896
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Wisborough Green History Society

The History Group grew out of the Wisborough Green Trust, an organisation that has been fairly dormant since the nineties. Its aim is to record and publish village history. The Society is a small group of people who enjoy talking about and researching the history of the village. Several members are life-long residents, others have lived in the village for many years and all have interesting memories and anecdotes of bygone years. The Society meets on the second Tuesday of every month in the Village Hall committee room at 10.30 – new members are always welcome. For further information, please contact Sue Killingbeck, Secretary, on 01403 700704.

The following articles have been written by local historian, Richard Bairstow, and are reproduced here with his kind permission.

1925
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Clearing out your attic?

If you find any documents, photographs or artefacts relating to Wisborough Green that you no longer want please let the History Society have them. They can be collected so you won’t even have the bother of taking them to the tip.

Want to hang onto your old documents and photos? No problem – although we would love to know what you have and perhaps copy them for the archives. Please contact Sue Killingbeck on 01403 700704 if you can help out.

Would like to know more or researching your family history?

Further information about the history of Wisborough Green can be obtained from the West Sussex County Council Records Office. Pictures of Wisborough Green in days gone by can be found at West Sussex Past Pictures and the West Sussex Past website is a useful portal to archive, library and museum online heritage services.