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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…
Read MoreRutter’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…
Read MoreJeremy 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…
Read MoreControversy 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…
Read MoreAnonymous ‘Save Court Meadow’ Leaflet Response
The Mayfield and Five Ashes Parish Council Chairman’s response to the anonymous leaflet that some residents have received.
Read MoreEast Sussex Covid-19 Stakeholder Briefing 09.02.21
Sussex NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Information
East Sussex COVID-19 stakeholder briefing 12 January
A detailed update is contained in the PDF below
Read MoreLocal 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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