Medieval Five Ashes

Tim Cornish will give a talk, using recent research,  about this dispersed woodland settlement, a remote place in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s huge South Malling estate which stretched from Lewes Bridge to Lamberhurst Bridge. If the Archbishop used a postal address, it might have been Yardhurst, “Within the Wood”, Mayfield parish, South Malling. The name “Five…

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Rutter’s Magnificat and Stopford’s Missa Deus Nobiscum

Sunday 20th November at 7:30pm, St Dunstan’s Church, Mayfield Performed by Mayfield Festival Choir, conducted by Jeremy Summerly, with London Primavera (leader Paul Manley) and soloist Eloise Irving. Tickets £10-£25, under 25s half price. Available at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/mayfieldfestivalchoir • in person from Sew Inspired, Mayfield or Lambert & Foster, Wadhurst; • by phone from 0333 666 3366…

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Jeremy Summerly is interviewed on BBC Radio Sussex

Jeremy Summerly, the Artistic Director of the Mayfield Festival, was interviewed by Joe Talbot on BBC Radio Sussex on the 13th of April about the 2022 Festival. You can listen to the interview on BBC Sounds by clicking on the web link below and then moving the orange Seek Bar to the time position 2:42:45…

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Controversy over proposal to dig up remains of Mayfield School founder

The proposal to dig up the remains of the founder of Mayfield School, Mother Cornelia Connelly, is attracting strong criticism from many people, particularly former pupils who call themselves Old Cornelians in her memory. This article from The Tablet, the International Catholic News Weekly covers the story and highlights some of the strong views being…

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Local vaccination programme – update from Huw Merriman MP 8 January 2021

I understand the urgency and frustration at which local residents are wanting to receive one of the two Covid19 vaccines now available and it is incredibly frustrating when information is not coming through. Everyone is doing their absolute best as we try to deliver the vaccine at the same time as putting the infrastructure in…

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