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Peacehaven is a town in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located above the chalk cliffs of the South Downs between Brighton and Newhaven, on the A 259 coast road. Its site coincides with the point where the Greenwich meridian crosses the English coast.
Prehistory
There is a Bronze Age barrow (burial mound), currently under investigation by local societies very close to the cliff top. The barrow represents evidence of the occupation of Peacehaven at least 3,500 years ago.
Modern Peacehaven
Peacehaven has only existed as a settlement since 1916, after its founder, Charles Neville had purchased land in the parish of Piddinghoe; he then set up a company to develop the site. He advertised it by setting up a competition to name the development, although the newspaper concerned - the Daily Express - sued Neville over the competition, holding that it was a scam, since he was offering "free" plots of land in the town as runner-up prizes, but issuing them only on the payment of a conveyancing fee. The newspaper won the case, but the publicity brought the scheme to a large audience. The name chosen - New Anzac-on-Sea - lasted less than a year: the fateful Gallipoli campaign led Neville to rename his development Peacehaven. By 1924 there were 3000 people living in Peacehaven.
The town, apart from the newer development to the north named Telscombe Cliffs, still retains its original shape: rectangular plots of land on both sides of the main road. Original houses were often very temporary affairs (some were old railway carriages). Peacehaven eventually grew to be larger in area than Lewes, the county town.
Today there is a leisure centre and the Meridian Shopping Centre; there are also four schools in Peacehaven: Hoddern Junior school; Peacehaven Infants School; Meridian School and Peacehaven Community School; a police station, a dentist and a doctor’s surgery. There are four churches: the parish church is the Church of the Ascension, and serves both Peacehaven and Telscombe Cliffs.
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Woooo snow probs no skl 2moz but aarons got no snow in peacehaven so will have to go in :( so no spending a day in the snow with aaronzypoo
amylovesboosh (amy beckwith) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:44:44 -0000
Woooo snow probs no skl 2moz but aarons got no snow in peacehaven so will have to go in :( so no spending a day in the snow with aaronzypoo
big snowy clouds over brighton but no snow in peacehaven - strange
SheilaMcW (Sheila McWattie) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:15:15 -0000
big snowy clouds over brighton but no snow in peacehaven - strange
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