by adminwww | Feb 27, 2026
The society was contacted by a lady in Canada who was interested in finding out where Loves Garden used to be in the village. A chance find of a former resident’s Will found a connection between it and Butts Farm. Butts Meadow perhaps has its origin in the archery...
by adminwww | Dec 1, 2025
Reverend William Mainprice Reverend Mainprice was vicar of Wisborough Green for 22 years between 1896 and 1919. William Mainprice was born on 5th December 1850 in Great Yarmouth, the son of John, a farmer and Susannah his wife. For some reason William was not...
by adminwww | Nov 3, 2025
Some WG Land Army Girls in World War Two The Girls were paid 28s per week, 14s of which went on bed and board. They worked a 48 hour week in winter and 50 hours a week in summer and, until the introduction of the Land Girls Charter in 1943, did not get holiday. The...
by adminwww | Oct 6, 2025
Billy Hillman William George “Billy” (or “Willie”) Hillman was born in Wisborough Green in 1900, the son of Henry Hillman, the village blacksmith and his wife Charlotte. He had an elder sister Edith Barbara, born in 1898. A younger sister, confusingly named Edith...
by adminwww | Sep 3, 2025
The Henry and Effie Squires Collection A poignant collection in the History Society’s archive is the Henry and Effie Squires Collection. Comprising over 270 photographs and some items of memorabilia, only a handful of the photographs carry any identification of their...
