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.

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