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Michelham, Sussex

Historical Description

Michelham, a place in the SE of Sussex, on the river Cnckmere, 2 miles W of Hailsham. An Augustinian canonry was founded here in the time of Henry III. by Gilbert de Aquila, and went after the dissolution to the Sackvilles. The buildings formed a spacious quadrangle; have been converted into a farmhouse; are surrounded by a wide moat, tenanted by water lilies and frequented by the otter; are entered through a square, three-storey, gateway tower; include a crypt, now used as a dairy, with an interesting ancient apartment above it; and shows features of Early English architecture.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Newspapers and Periodicals

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