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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My ships bigger than yours, medieval ship envy at Old Winchelsea. In 1254, Old Winchelsea had prepared for a Royal visit..... what could go wrong 🤔 For the full story please see our Facebook page Sussex Heritage Community, its a fascinating read.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Artefacts from Northeye deserted medieval settlement. The settlement was first recorded c.1118 and was probably deserted in the 15th century. On display in our Sargent Gallery. #Bexhill

Top left are some animal bones. Beneath them remnants of two glazed finial tiles. Top right is a large slate from a roof, in three parts. At the bottom is the information label about the items. “… Northeye was a limb of the Cinque Ports. William de Hastings, Lord of Northeye in 1248, endowed the chapel of St James, Northeye…”

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Its not every day you see a spitfire on a trailer ....... This one maybe based on the Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa (Serial P7290) wearing the squadron code "AF-V". The aircraft served with the Royal Air Force's Air Fighting Development Unit (AFDU) based at Duxford.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bexhill's very own Peaky Blinders and Cable Street episode. Dark disturbung times, unwelcome visitors and disorderly scenes, 25th July 1936. A clash between members of the British Union of Fascists and a crowd of several hundred people and Police. Story here www.facebook.com/share/p/1DQX...

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We're at Ashburnham Place, their wonderful Orangery was built as part of Lancelot Capability Brown's plan in 1777. It was built as a 7 bayed greenhouse. The central door was moved in the 1830's, by 1883 the Camellias arrived! These are thought to be some of the oldest surviving in the country.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just lost for words .... our heritage is at risk, this time from someone that didn't think to stop. Once the heritage it pulled up, everything before and during that removal is lost. @findsorguk.bsky.social

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Although not here in Sussex, this mindless damage and abuse of our history is something we all need to look out for. With around 95% of Sussex shared heritage being undesignated, protected, listed or scheduled our heritage is at great risk. #HeritageCrime www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bronze Age burial mound in Somerset suffers 'significant damage'

The 4,000-year-old cairn on the Quantock Hills has had its stones removed and piled around it.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This plan is of our museum - before it was a museum! Built in 1903 as a small pavilion for visitors to Egerton Park, in 1914 it became #Bexhill Museum. Then in 2009 we completed a major extension and refurbishment programme, adding three additional galleries.

The architectural plans are black on a white paper background. At the bottom they say “plan of foundations.” At the top it says “Bexhill Urban District Council. Shelter hall and lavatories, Egerton Park Road…”

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Hidden Hands Behind Sussex's Seaside historical Glamour… It's easy to picture the glamorous side of Sussex's seaside past, without giving much thought to all those working behind the scenes. It certainly got us wondering 🤔 For the full story see our Facebook page 😀

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A Medieval whoops! and, A Laffin Orse ! Get comfy folks, its 1297 and we're in Winchelsea. King Edward I, of Braveheart fame, the hammer of the Scots had gathered his fleet in Winchelsea on August 9, 1297. What could possibly go wrong! For the full story please see our Facebook page folks

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A Giant, a Knight, a Sheriff & a diversion in Brede We stopped off at St Georges Church, Brede We learnt the story of Sir Goddard Oxenbridge, laid to rest in 1537, its believed he was 7 ft tall, & according to legend he was cut in half to fit his tomb. See the full story on our Facebook page.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Top left is a Mesolithic flint adze found in Little Common. About 8000 years old. Bottom left are a Neolithic flint awl, end scraper and fabricator found in Sidley. About 6000 years old. #Bexhill

The stone items are displayed in a glass case against a pale greeny blue background. The items are all shades of grey and brown. The flint awl and fabricator are pointed whereas the rest are rounded.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

These Mary Quant shoes are part of the current footwear exhibition in our upstairs corridor. Did any of you wear Mary Quant? #Bexhill #MaryQuant #Shoes

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Do you remember the eerie booming ? The Foghorn! The Foghorn, described and illustrated by Bexhill Observer in 1928 as : "A Sufferer's Conception Of The Submarine Monstrosity Believed To Lurk In The Vicinity Of The Royal Sovereign Lightship." For the full story please see our Facebook page.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Full steam ahead to Heathfield, have you any memories? We popped past Heathfield Railway Tunnel, completed by 1880 at a length of 265 yards. Its estimated that millions of handmade bricks were used, its 6 bricks thick! For more of the story please see our Facebook page Sussex Heritage Community

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Ahhhhh, There's a fossil in my mouth ! Not only an awesome pebble with a great face, it also has a fossilized fragment of a regular sea urchin inside.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Victoria comes to Heathfield! Heres Heathfield Railway Station postbox, likely placed by Royal Mail in 1880 featuring the the monarch of the times cypher, this was ofcourse Queen Victoria. For more information on this little known subject please see heritagecalling.com/2015/07/15/a...

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Porridge in Rye ! 15th Century Oak plank believed to be formerly part of a local prison door. Its situated in Rye, and its highly probable that it would have come from a lock up of the time in the town. For more information please see : ryemuseum.co.uk/more-on-medi... www.ryeheritage.co.uk

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"Not" just a load of old cobblers! 1935, Bexhill “I am not a Spiritualist, nor am I a yogi. I am just a shoemaker” To listen to my narration on Arthur please take a look here at parts 1, 2 & 3 youtube.com/@sussexherit... Acknowledgement and thanks to Bexhill Museums & the De La Warr Pavilion

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I know we’re keen on dinosaurs but this is getting ridiculous! 😱😂 #Bexhill

Our full scale replica of a dinosaur head is ‘attacking’ a human sized dinosaur - one of our volunteers in an inflatable costume!

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Heritage Crime, although not in Sussex, let's not forget the loss and impact. We have a wealth of heritage here, in museums, heritage buildings, churches, galleries and many other locations. Please all remain vigilant and aware.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Quick, paddle faster!, its Offa and the gang! We popped along to Hastings Shipwreck Museum and spied this stunning Saxon dug out logboat, carbon 14 dated to the 8th - 9th centuries. This is around the time of King Offa, mind blowing For the full story please see: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DAm...

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A new poster eveyone 📢📣 We've spent many hours with experts & professionals creating these guides, they all focus on niche areas of our heritage world, giving great advice & signposting. They're all free to access, use & share, please do take a look here : davidbexhill.wixsite.com/sussexheritage

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This Thursday, August 20th, there is a talk at the museum about The History of Herstmonceux, Village, Castle and Royal Observatory. It is by David EP Dennis and starts at 2pm and costs £8. #Bexhill #Observatory

The leaflet for the event. It features a colour photograph of the castle and the dome of the observatory. “Herstmonceux is not far from Bexhill-on-Sea and set in our beautiful Sussex countryside…”

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Are we there yet ?, Battle Abbey and the Benedictine Order goes to Brecon, Wales. We're in the year 1093, Roger, a monk from St Martins Abbey, Battle founded St John the Evangelist Church in Brecon. For the full story please see our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/share/p/18v6...

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A 1066 legacy, Crickhowell Castle, Wales, we're on adventures! Sir Payne de Turberville, fought alongside Duke William 1066 Push forward to 1121, some 55 years later, presumably the grandson of Sir Payne, Robert Tuberville set about building a timber Motte & Bailey style stronghold at Crickhowell

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

OMG ..... This is Rawsome ... Look at the latest exhibit at Bexhill Museum ! It is an exact replica of the Tufts-Love T-Rex skull, the most complete T-Rex skull ever discovered. Go take a look at it in the flesh ... or should I say bone .... 🤔 😏 😜

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Here's a loo with a view ! Its located in the 12th century Norman lodge, now gatehouse, BattleAbbey, the loo maybe post medieval, however, the window opposite would have given view or access to the pedestrians walking through..... awkward!.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The bridge at Newenden on the Sussex border, a smugglers haunt ! The bridge was rebuilt in 1706 with three arches, it's in a strategically brilliant place if you were part of the smuggling world at the time, as was the well known Hawkhurst Gang. Full story: www.facebook.com/share/p/1bWR...

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

See if you can spot this resident when you visit. 🐡🐠🐟 #Bexhill

The photograph shows a stuffed light brown coloured fish. The case has a few reeds at the bottom to simulate its natural environment to some extent. There is a fin hanging down just after the head.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Oh who’s a fancy flapjack ! Chequerboard Caen stone and flint work. We’re at Marlipins in Shoreham, it’s the oldest secular (not connected to religion) building in Sussex, and one of the oldest in in England, dating to the 12th Century Full story, Facebook page: www.facebook.com/share/p/192U...

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We're Doomed, but what does that really mean? We visited 15th century, All Saints Church in Hastings, and we're taken back by its breathtaking "Doom" painting over the Chancel Arch. For full story please see our Facebook page : www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKW...

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

With today's theft of Vix torc, here's what has been taken... The torc was found as part of a burial & placed around neck of the interred. Despite its size, it weighs only 480g (less that half the weight of the Snettisham Great torc). It is STUNNING. #Archaeology #Gold #Torcs 🏺 1/2

The Vix torc - a sheet gold torc with expanded neck rock and hollow globular terminals

The winged horse on one of the terminals.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Want a book about the end of the southern British Iron Age, the Roman invasion and the greatest king of this island has ever had? If only such a thing existed...🤔 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/caratacus... @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social January 2027 #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺

Book cover with an Iron Age coin depicting a naked spear and shield wielding male warrior on a horse with the title *Caratacus - Great King of Britain* below

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

To the right of this picture are iguanodon toe bones. To the left is a fossil dinosaur footprint from #Bexhill beach, a naturally formed cast in sandstone.

The ‘rocks’ are a light brown colour. The footprint has 3 toes that are wide apart. They are all displayed against a white background.

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Tomorrow (Friday 24th) National Trust archaeologists will be on hand to answer your questions for #AskAnArchaeologist as part of the #FestivalofArchaeology. It's probably one of our favourite days of the year! Join us here between 9.15am and 4pm. @nationaltrust.org.uk @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Two people digging in a trench with yellow and black tape around the edge which reads 'archaeology'

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Tea, Brandy & Secrets Stories from Sussex's Smuggling Past. For our full article please see our Facebook page www.facebook.com/share/p/1SfT...

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

On Thursday (23rd July) the #Bexhill History Hour will be at the museum from 2-3 and is on the subject of Witchcraft in Bexhill and Wider Sussex. The cost is £8 and the speaker is David Dennis - Associate Fellow Royal Historical Society.

The photograph shows an illustration of three women hitting a stone table in the sea with mallets! The caption reads “the secret use of storm mallets.” All three women look identical with long blue dresses and long dark curly hair. There is lightning in the background. They are up to about their knees in the sea.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Just a single to Cooden please ! 1906 saw a Tram service between St Leonards and Cooden. By 1927 the trams had been replaced by Trolley Buses, many of the old lines were used to strengthen concrete blocks along the coast used in Sea defences.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Early 19th century model of the HMS Victory under construction. The model was designed by G.J. Jenner Esq. H.M. Dockyard Deptford. #Bexhill #Nelson #Trafalgar

The wooden model shows the hull under construction. The shape of the ship is established but there are many wooden spars allowing work to continue to finish it. It is in a glass case that fits the model.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Illicit metal detecting is theft of our Heritage, a loss to our knowledge, understanding and any artefact's provenance. It's damaging not only to the land and environment but to all ethical law abiding detectorists too. 1/3 #HeritageCrime

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I love that @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social brilliantly has a diorama of a hillfort rampart reconstruction that seems to be based on a line drawing reconstruction from Curwens publication on Hollingbury. #HillfortsWednesday

Line drawing of a cross section through a hillfort rampart

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Today I'm giving a lecture at the @algao-uk.bluesky.social AGM. Protecting the Palaeolithic in the Planning System. It's a call to arms because the Palaeolithic record is being regularly trashed in the UK right now. I identity 5 reasons why this is happening and suggest some remedies: 🏺🦣 1/2

Reconstruction of early humans at Happisburgh, Norfolk, around 900,000 years ago. Humans squat butching a deer with stone tools, extinct elk and elephants walk along an estuary landscape

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Have you visited Guestling or have you any stories fom there?. Its rather splendid Oak measures 7 meters in circumference, the Woodland Trust suggest an Oak like this could be 500 years old, and would be classed as ancient. 1/3

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A game of Popinjay, anyone? Don't worry... the birds aren't real. Long before target archery became a modern sport, medieval archers tested their skill in a contest known as Popinjay. Popular during C15th-16th, competitors aimed their arrows almost vertically at artificial wooden birds. 1/4

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Here's a photo from 1965 ish... do you have any memories or stories similar to this ? The photo was taken outside St Mary's Church in Eastbourne and are told it was a stop after meeting at the "Blue Room" on Eastbourne pier.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Imagine the Rider Who Owned This 1,000 Years Ago... Crafted around AD 1000, this beautifully decorated stirrup mount would once have adorned the equipment of a mounted rider in early medieval England. A small artefact with a thousand years of history behind it — now on display at Hastings Museum.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Whilst at St Laurence Church Guestling I realised I could see the Tower of St Andrews in Fairlight. What an incredibly clear day, maybe a touch too warm though.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Early medieval copper alloy stirrup mount dated to 1000AD Thats around the time of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Stirrup mounts were used to attach the leather strap to the iron stirrup. The knot work design includes the heads of animals, probably horses. 1/2

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"CPL Thomas' Class, Cooden Camp 23.6.16." Postcard 23.6.1916. #Cooden #Bexhill #Sussex #WW1 #Training #History #1910s

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