Field Place, Sussex

Historical Description

Field Place, a seat in Sussex, 2 miles NW of Horsham. It belonged to the Michells, passed by marriage to Sir Bysshe Shelley, and was the birthplace of the poet Shelley. It includes some ancient portions, but has been much altered.

Maps

Online maps of Field Place are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online:

• Mid Sussex Times
• Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal
• Sussex Agricultural Express
• Hastings and St Leonards Observer
• Sussex Advertiser
• Brighton Gazette
• Bexhill-on-Sea Observer