A Yank in Sussex
A Yank in Sussex
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Why This American Loves Dartmoor
Dartmoor is this magnificent place in southwest England that is a geologic marvel, a timeless landscape, and a human history par excellence. We recently visited it (for the fifth time, actually), and I had to give it a shoutout on A Yank in Sussex.
So here we are: A Yank on Dartmoor: Why This American Loves Dartmoor
Here’s a link to a delightful rendition of the old Widecombe Fair folk song: th-cam.com/video/hpwrvt-Jm3M/w-d-xo.html
Information about fishing at Venford Reservoir: www.swlakestrust.org.uk/venford-reservoir
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Chapters
0:00 A Yank on Dartmoor
0:43 Start
1:58 What and where is Dartmoor?
2:35 Hound of the Baskervilles
2:47 Geology of Dartmoor
3:35 What is a moor?
4:00 The River Dartmoor
4:38 What is a Tor?
5:27 Animals of Dartmoor
5:41 Human traces
6:30 Kingsteignton
6:38 Bovey Tracey
7:02 Hay Tor
7:40 The Dartmoor Pony
9:10 Rippon and Saddle Tors
9:30 Hound Tor
11:13 Hundatorra
11:43 Cist Grave
12:15 Sherlock
12:30 Widecombe-in-the-Moor
14:05 Church of Saint Pancras
15:27 Widecombe Fair
16:43 Postbridge
17:03 Sousson Stone Circle
17:56 Clapper Bridge
19:05 Dartmeet
20:17 Combestone Tor
21:03 Venford Dam and Reservoir
21:38 Fishing at Venford
22:23 Ten Tors
23:04 Princetown Prison
24:27 British Army on the Moor
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Drone Flights 2
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I love getting aerial video footage for this channel, but also just for fun. So, I collect a lot of nice footage that I don't have an immediate use for. Most of it is otherwise good material. Some of it gets used many months and sometimes years later. But I thought I would combine business with fun and make a video featuring some of that footage. So, here it is, 4 ½ minutes of aerial footage wi...
Discovering Ancient Winchelsea
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I’ve wanted to dig into East Sussex’s Winchelsea and its amazing history for a few years. Finally, we dropped in for a couple of days and explored a bit! The weather was hot, and we were trying to avoid heat exhaustion! And here I thought that I, a born Southern Californian, was all right in the heat! Or maybe it’s me getting old? Winchelsea has the distinction of being not where it was origina...
Dr Celsius: His Role in my Downfall
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When I first came to the UK in 1969, ya’ll used the same measuring system I had grown up with. Well, mostly. But when I came back in 2017 suddenly things were different. The country had gone metric! Well, mostly. I was familiar with metric for various reasons, but my grasp of the Celsius temperature system was very tenuous. Intellectually, I was on firm ground. But if someone told me it was 23 ...
Burpham and its Fort
มุมมอง 9026 หลายเดือนก่อน
We visit the village of Burpham in West Sussex! Where is Burpham? If you happen to be visiting the town of Arundel, with its impressive castle and cathedral, you might find yourself on the castle’s east side on the road that leads to South Stoke, a place I’ve covered in a previous video. Looking northeastwards, you might notice in the distance a rather interesting building. You know where you a...
Bramber Castle Book is Now Available!
มุมมอง 1377 หลายเดือนก่อน
Back in July of 2022, I uploaded my third and final video about Bramber Castle in West Sussex. That video was about 25 minutes long, but it could have been a lot longer. Research for the video gave me so much material that using all of it would have produced a video nearly an hour in length. I then cut that version down and was still sitting at 40 minutes long! I said at the time that I could w...
A Yank in Cornwall (Part Two)
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I am a Yank in Sussex! But this time I am in Cornwall (again)! So, this is another video involving our trip to Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset in October 2023! In this video we travel from Truro to Nancegollan, and use it as a base to explore places in southwesternmost Cornwall. Here I tell about our exploration base, the village of Nancegollan, and our visit to Porthleven, a fishing and tourist ...
A Yank in Cornwall (Part One)
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Another video involving our trip to Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset in October 2023! In this video we travel into Cornwall to Truro, and use it as a base to explore Looe and St. Mawes, and then have a look inside Truro’s amazing cathedral. Credits: • Paul Halliwell and the Cornish Ninja for drone video clips of Looe harbor and St. Mawes Castle. • Thomas Faull, “Orbit Truro Cathedral,” via Pond5 A...
The Town of Rye
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The town of Rye in East Sussex is about as far east as you can go and still be in Sussex. It has a castle, some Napoleonic era fortifications, really ancient shops and inns, and plenty of cobbled streets. Oh, and it also has smugglers’ inns, the Mermaid, and the Olde Bell - which are rumored to have a secret tunnel connecting them! Sorry, I was unable to verify this. I had been hoping to get ba...
The Stokes of West Sussex
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In the Arundel valley lie North and South Stoke, two tiny ancient villages respectively on the east and west sides of the River Arun. They are merely a half mile apart as the crow flies, but if you’re not a crow there is a footpath. However, if you wish to drive from one to the other you have to drive a circuitous route that passes through the town of Arundel. Both North and South Stoke are lov...
Exploring the Hidden Gems of East Quantoxhead Beach
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We spent nearly three weeks holidaying in Devon, Cornwall, and Someret in October. This video describes a visit to East Quantoxhead beach in Somerset. My British Bride (aka my wife) chose this location on the Bristol Channel because she knows I love geology - and there is a lot of great geology here! Credits: • Thanks to the Polish Explorer for permission to use some footage from his recent vid...
Highdown Hill
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Highdown Hill is a chalk hill located within the South Downs National Park, not far from the town of Worthing. Its human heritage stretches back into antiquity, and was first used as an enclosure by the Bronze Age people who lived in the area around 1000 BC. Later the enclosure was built out as a hill fort around 800 BC during the Iron Age. Later came the Romans, and then the Saxons. And now co...
Welcome to Upper Beeding
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This video covers the West Sussex village of Upper Beeding. This village is one of the few that lies directly on the River Adur. Its heritage stretches back to Saxon times, if not before. It is located at the northern end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles (6.4 km) north of Shoreham-by-Sea and has a land area of 1,877 hectares (4,640 acres). The site is a bridging point over t...
Ashurst Village & The Adur
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On 25 May, during the Monday of the Spring bank holiday, I visited the little village of Ashurst. It was the holiday, but though I was there mainly to try to get some footage of the River Adur, I wandered around a bit in order to see this little corner of Sussex. The door of the village church was open, and I took a brief tour of the grounds before making my hike to the river’s bank. It wasn’t ...
A Visit to Ashurst
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While researching and videoing for a future Yank in Sussex video, I visited the West Sussex village of Ashurst. This small village is very quaint and is situated in a beautiful area. I thought I would take some of the photos and videos and throw this quick video together. Music Attribution: Music by Atch SoundCloud: bit.ly/AtchSoundCloud Spotify: bit.ly/AtchSpotify Instagram: atch...
A Mist Over the Adur Valley
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A Mist Over the Adur Valley
A Yank in Sussex Channel Intro
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Rivers of Sussex
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Rivers of Sussex
On the Passing of Elizabeth II
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Bramber Castle 2: The Rise and Fall of the House of Braose
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Circumnavigating Bramber Castle
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Circumnavigating Bramber Castle
The Secret Island Hiding Off Britain's Coast
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The Secret Island Hiding Off Britain's Coast
Drone Flights in Sussex and Devon
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Drone Flights in Sussex and Devon
Visiting Chartwell
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Visiting Chartwell
What Is Sussex? (Part 4)
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What Is Sussex? (Part 4)
What Is Sussex Part 3 (History)
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A Visit to the Isle of Wight
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What Is Sussex Part 2 (History)
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Devil's Dyke in Sussex (2nd Update)
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  • @jamietomsett6096
    @jamietomsett6096 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The mouth of the river Ouse was originally met the channel via seaford before it got redirected to Newhaven

  • @peterholmes5217
    @peterholmes5217 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for a very informative and entertaining video. I know Burpham well and you have done a great job!

  • @stevendickson3073
    @stevendickson3073 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Use to be a cable car across the dyke.

  • @TracyPicabia
    @TracyPicabia 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Walked to Ashurst and back a couple of times recently, up the river from my new home in Bramber and really love the village. I do feel you could have been a bit more honest! about the Fountain which imho is a truly truly wonderful arguably perfect village pub (as long as you avoid the busy Sunday lunch time). I realise that this comment is in danger of attracting some of your viewers to The Fountain. Good for the landlord, bad for old gits like me who are allergic to crowds larger than about 6 people 😅.

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks, but what was I being dishonest about? Puzzled... 🤨

    • @TracyPicabia
      @TracyPicabia 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @SussexYank Not dishonest at all! I should have written more extolling or commending or something, not 'more honest'. My apologies. Great videos btw. Many thanks.

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TracyPicabia - Ah, got it! 😄

  • @dannywillmott1786
    @dannywillmott1786 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i can see my house from the drone shots haha, fantastic video!

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I can see mine, too! We live there.

    • @dannywillmott1786
      @dannywillmott1786 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@SussexYank i live a stones throw from st peters church!

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@dannywillmott1786 We're a stones throw from The Towers!

  • @WillyWoolyButt
    @WillyWoolyButt 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A wank in Süssex?

  • @leegodden8300
    @leegodden8300 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wot a video, so well done , bless ya, lived here all my life 55 of em. And taken a yank to learn this , fair cop fella. Thank you

  • @pamelaweaver3981
    @pamelaweaver3981 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've lived in Worthing for over 50 years and Highdown Hill has always been a favourite. There were many more trees at the top until the Great Storm of 1987. Thank you for this...

  • @polishexplorer
    @polishexplorer หลายเดือนก่อน

    Haha, I'm just getting ready to go there. Yes Tor and Meldon Reservoir are waiting!

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, then, I shall be looking forward to the video! 😃

  • @callanist
    @callanist หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thankyou for this and all your videos - they're always interesting & enjoyable, and I'm always happy when another is added to your collection. You clearly go out of your way to research the featured areas - this one's no exception. Especially appreciated are the maps as they enable us to look up and perhaps explore for ourselves the routes you've taken. Looking forward to seeing many more of your adventures! Clive

  • @tonybaker55
    @tonybaker55 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And Avon means river in old English, so the Hampshire Avon is the Hampshire river. The Arun has a run of Sea Trout, which is fairly rare in the UK. Glad to know you live near me, as I live in Lancing. I have also walked the Chichester canal many times.

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank หลายเดือนก่อน

      What is interesting, too, is that there are 20 rivers named Avon in the Anglosphere (11 in Britain), which includes the River Afan in Wales.

  • @user-mg3ow6jb6t
    @user-mg3ow6jb6t หลายเดือนก่อน

    No smuggling history? Not like those dodgy Hastonians...

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank หลายเดือนก่อน

      LOL! I kind of ran out of time for everything! I would have liked to cover the cellars of Winchelsea, but we weren't there when the tours were on, so...

  • @English.Andy1
    @English.Andy1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting indeed thank you. I’ve padded up the Adur as a young lad. Very powerful current in it.

  • @exploringsussex
    @exploringsussex หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great shots. I always worry about flying over water, I know DJI can insure for that but I don’t have it currently.

  • @gaza2322
    @gaza2322 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video. You should take it up professionally😃. I visited Winchelsea with my wife last year and I was fanscinated by the many incredible cellars in the town that were used for storage (probably illegal), dating from around 1290AD. There are 33 that still exist and another 17 that are known about. There are also bookable tours of the cellars which I thoroughly recommend. Thanks for the video.

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We wanted to take the cellar tour, but that's available only on the weekend, and we were there mid-week. The cellars might have been used for smuggling later, but when the town was first moved from its original site (now underwater) to the hill, the cellars were necessary due to Winchelsea being an important transshipment point for the (legal) importation of wine from France.

  • @gowanhewlett745
    @gowanhewlett745 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating. Your vocal style and intonation are particularly engaging. Splendid content and graphics. Congratulations.

  • @RonSeymour1
    @RonSeymour1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A great video. Thank you.

  • @clarmarkable
    @clarmarkable 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love it!

  • @6panel300
    @6panel300 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don't forget the River Mole which rises in West Sussex but is mostly in Surrey. If you do make a video about or containing the Rother in West Sussex drop the "Western" bit of the name as locals only say "the Rother". Another fact, the Arun is the second fastest flowing river in England after the Severn.

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the information! When I get around to it, I'll probably still start out calling it the Western Rother for the sake of those who might be confused by there being 2 Rothers in Sussex.

  • @apocalypticdaze2139
    @apocalypticdaze2139 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not the only yanker in Sussex

  • @peterbartram6847
    @peterbartram6847 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why no mention of the West Sussex Rother.?

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great question! As I mentioned near the beginning of the video, the video covered the major historical rivers of Sussex, of which there are four: Arun; Adur; Ouse; and Eastern Rother. The Western Rother is a tributary of the Arun, and while it is a lovely river, it wasn't as important as the Arun. But it did get mentioned at 2:37, so I didn't ignore it. I've gotten feedback indicating that I should cover the Cuckmere, too, which I hope to do eventually. So when I get time, I'll hopefully be able to make a video specifically about the Cuckmere, and also the Western Rother, but it might be more appropriate to include the Western Rother in a video about the River Arun. We'll see!

  • @eugenesawyer3027
    @eugenesawyer3027 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A shingle beach with a pool behind it is a chesil beach which is what old winchelsea town was built on. The storm (a hurricane) laid waist to broomhill and winchelsea town the town was rebuilt inland and was invaded and ransacked by the french and Dutch.

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I believe I mentioned most all that. Hadn't heard the Dutch were involved, but the Spanish were. Check for _chesil_ at 6:58

  • @ivandavies1388
    @ivandavies1388 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating video, i learnt some interesting history today, thank you 😊

  • @ricktownend9144
    @ricktownend9144 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's a lovely and fascinating town - thanks for this video. Eleanor Farjeon's fanciful explanation of the name is that the Mermaid of Rye, who was rather a 'B-grade' mermaid, being been born in a periwinkle rather than an oyster, had a slight speech problem and referred to winkles as 'winchels' ... Look forward to your next production

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had not heard of Miss Farjeon before, and upon reading her biography in Wikipedia I see that her residence in Sussex during WW1 inspired many of her stories. Also that she was an influence upon Japanese animator, Hayao Miyazaki, whose work I am a big fan of! Thanks for mentioning her!

  • @mancroft
    @mancroft 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting. Thank you.

  • @richardbriggs9623
    @richardbriggs9623 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant production. Absolutely fantastic, authoritative and accurate account of the village and its surrounds. As I was born in the George & Dragon in 1950 and spent the next 18 years of my life there it was fantastic to see all my old haunts from a very different perspective thanks to the brilliantly produced drone shots. Thank you. Not bad for a Yank!

  • @marybarber3511
    @marybarber3511 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mammoth bones were found at Peppering, not elephant bones!

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's probably accurate. However, the source of the information, published in 1932, said "elephant" and not "mammoth." The discrepancy is likely due to the source referring to a report from 1820 at a time when mammoths were not generally recognized as a separate species from elephants. The earliest recognition of this was in 1796 by a French biologist, and of course it took some time for this to percolate into general use.

  • @vangogh8321
    @vangogh8321 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing your delightful video, and by the way you have a great voice for the narration!

  • @VincentComet-l8e
    @VincentComet-l8e 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting, thanks! Fascinating to think that the waters of the Adur estuary once lapped right up against the grounds of Steyning church and Bramber Castle, at high tide.

  • @Crusty_Camper
    @Crusty_Camper 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I expect you know this, but the River Aran "stole" the head waters of the Adur. And St Leonard's Forest was the site of the last recorded sighting of a dragon - actually at Colgate.

    • @Crusty_Camper
      @Crusty_Camper 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorry, spellcheck corrected Arun to Aran.

  • @jasonlewry3307
    @jasonlewry3307 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. Very interesting and informative.. I’m very local to there and found out loads from your excellent production. Particularly enjoyed the photography from above. Thank you. 😊

  • @jim-bob-outdoors
    @jim-bob-outdoors 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have recently found your channel, and its nice to hear a American perspective of my local area. Also I find your accent perfect for this type of video. Keep up the good work.

  • @TheHuntress792
    @TheHuntress792 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My genealogy research brought me here. William de Braose 1st Lord of Bramber is my 21 great grandfather. My records state he was born sometime in 1049 in Brienze, Normandy, France. It has been wonderful seeing the castle ruins and learning some of the history behind the man. Thank you. I do hope you write a book about all you have learned. I would certainly buy it. 🌹

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In fact, I did write the book, and it's available on Amazon! 😃 See my video about the book: th-cam.com/video/TcN0mB03wws/w-d-xo.html

  • @setaymotofficial
    @setaymotofficial 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good work. (Bodium /əʊ/ Castle x)

  • @RF33MUSIC
    @RF33MUSIC 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Been here so many times since I moved to Sussex I've lost count. Without doubt the best little film for any visitor to watch. The catholic chapel is special .

  • @JackKlumpass
    @JackKlumpass 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved it how you’ve picked up our lingo, presumably off your Mrs. Great channel and I’ve enjoyed every one I’ve watched so far / this one in particular. Keep on keeping on👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @colinharbinson8284
    @colinharbinson8284 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    used to look after the grounds, as part of a contracted company. Getting the Ransom 'ride on' mower, on to the surrounding grass was a bit risky!!

  • @VincentComet-l8e
    @VincentComet-l8e 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting! And the graphic showing the scattering of salterns and a quay and the church on their own little island just across from the promontory of Bramber Castle is fascinating. The future King Charles had a very narrow escape on his journey E through Bramber & Beeding then across the Downs to Brighton. Apparently, as he and his small party were proceeding through Bramber there was suddenly the clatter of hooves behind and a party of Roundheads came galloping towards them. The story goes that his companions wanted to flee but Charles urged calm and they maintained the same slow pace towards the bridge. Whereupon the Roundheads went thundering past and on towards their eventual goal... As Charles was said to be extremely tall by the standards of the day it seems remarkable, and especially in broad daylight, that he still escaped detection despite Parliamentary troops scouring the countryside for him.

  • @rickansell661
    @rickansell661 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    With regard to the old Sussex accent - you can hear similar, but not identical, accents in some of the recordings from WWII, for example of troops coming back from Dunkirk. My Paternal Grandfather, a Plumber from Worthing, who grew up on a Downland farm, also had more than a trace of it.

  • @dawzhotmail
    @dawzhotmail 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for writing this, this castle and the family have long needed a book written about them ❤

  • @jillybrooke29
    @jillybrooke29 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We have many places which end in eye meaning Island. I live in a place called Langney (Eastbourne) which meant Long island - in the sea, it is now surrounded by marshy land and the sea is now 2 miles away from where I live but the far end Langney Point is near the seafront. NB Cinque pronounced Canque..French for five

  • @architectofechoes4
    @architectofechoes4 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Been to Rye countless times, there is or was a scale model of Rye in the Heritage Centre which had a 30 minute show depicting a potted history of Rye with a light/audio and sound FX show with narration. Tiny lights would come on in various little houses & inns as the stories unfolded. My kids loved it years ago. I seem to remember Gregory Peck walking up Mermaid street in the film Captain Horatio Hornblower. And the creator of Captain Pugwash lived next to Ypres Tower/Gun Garden.

  • @VincentComet-l8e
    @VincentComet-l8e 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating - thanks for posting!

  • @azurestandard1
    @azurestandard1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This Sir John de Braose, Sr., Lord of Stinton Is my direct 20 great grandfather. Male line all the way. So doesn't seem correct that he had no continuing heir. A few generations after this Sir John, the family name slowly morphed to Brewer. And stayed Brewer till now. Thanks for making this video, I was just looking for something like this after discovering the De Braose was my ancient family name. :)

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Super! You would be a strong contender for Baron Braose, then! I based my thought on the line dying out on what little information was available. Glad to hear that I was wrong about your family line!

  • @timpitt2935
    @timpitt2935 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very enjoyable and detailed review of Burpham. May I suggest that you also visit Chichester Harbour which has great history and stunning beauty?

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! As it happens, Chichester Harbour is on my list! 🙂

  • @annoyingchannel8812
    @annoyingchannel8812 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Milligan didn't live in Rye. He lived across the Brede valley from Winchelsea, the neighbouring Cinque Port and that is where he is buried.

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Noted! I assumed that he lived in Rye from the biographical information I found online. One source listed him in a list of notable people as "Other residents of the town and environs have included..." and another said that he died "near Rye, East Sussex". Further checking confirms his actual place of death was his home in Udimore near Winchelsea. I've visited Winchelsea, and have stood on the grounds of St. Thomas church where he is buried, but didn't know at the time that that was his place of burial.

  • @BathChap
    @BathChap 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One thing you missed at the church was the grave of author and artist Mervyn Peake who wrote the Gormenghast trilogy. Very nostalgic to see the views of the beautiful countryside that I remember from maybe forty years ago.

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Drat! Thanks, and I wish I had known that when I was there!

    • @BathChap
      @BathChap 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SussexYank Very easy to miss if you don't know it is there, as I didn't at the time. I was just wandering around as I like to do in old graveyards and was surprised to see a name I recognized.

  • @henryharesdene4164
    @henryharesdene4164 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A very interesting and exhaustive discourse on a village known to me (I don't recall visiting it) - but then I'm merely a peasant living to the east of the county...... Thank you!

  • @keefsmiff
    @keefsmiff 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Everyone enjoys a yank in sussex ,

  • @VincentComet-l8e
    @VincentComet-l8e 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was very interesting, thankyou! Presumably, as the estuaries of rivers like the Arun, the Adur and the Ouse were once wide expanses of water reaching far inland to the castles at their head, back in Alfred’s day that spit of land at Burpham would have been a very noticeable promontory jutting out into the water?

    • @SussexYank
      @SussexYank 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It surely seems that way. It's clear that the Adur was an estuary back in the day, and so it seems that the Arun must have been as well. You'd get some pushback on that from older writers. A significant scholar of the late 19th and early 20th century, A. Hadrian Allcroft, was of the opinion that the Arun's flow is greater now than even back in Roman times. Problem is, there's not a lot of archaeology to confirm or contradict this.

    • @VincentComet-l8e
      @VincentComet-l8e 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SussexYank Yes, it’s flow now must be much faster as it has been embanked, and is no longer wide, meandering and constantly changing course. My understanding is that the castles at Arundel, Bramber and Lewes guarded the head of their respective estuaries, an indicator of the importance of seaborne trade in medieval and earlier times.

    • @tonym480
      @tonym480 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is exactly right, and is the reason Arundel and Bramber castles are where they are, at least part of the reason they were there was to built to defend the spot where ships would load and unload or pass by on their way to and from the sea. The only reason these rivers now run in the channels they do is due to them being controlled by embankments. The Arun in particular is well known for its tendency to break its banks and flood after heavy rain, even as far up river as Pulborough. There are records of barge traffic on the Arun as far as Pallingham Quay upriver from Pulborough well into the 19th century.