Alfriston, E Sussex art postcard 1990s small publisher

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Alfriston, Sussex - from painting by Diane Setek
• Publisher:  Diane & Frank Setek, Ashfrod, Kent
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  1st class vermilion definitive
• Postmark(s):  Hastings 9 Oct 1993
• Sent to:  Victors Crescent, Brentwood, Essex
• Notes & Key words:  has a couple of light creases due to postal use (not very noticable apart from one corner)

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Alfriston (pronounced Al-friston) is a village and civil parish in the East Sussex district of Wealden, England. The village lies in the valley of the River Cuckmere, about four miles north-east of Seaford and south of the main A27 trunk road and part of the large area of Polegate. The parish has a population of 769 (2001 census).

Most of these notes have been adapted from the Village Reference website^[2]

There is strong evidence of ancient occupation of the area, since several Neolithic long barrows have been discovered on the surrounding Downs; among them, to the west is the fairly well-preserved Long Burgh. In Saxon times the village was recorded as Aelfrictun (the town of Alfric), from which the Domesday Book records the town as 'Elfricesh-tun'.^[3]

One building of historical importance is the Star Inn. Originally a religious hostel built in 1345 and used to accommodate monks and pilgrims en route from Battle Abbey to the shrine of St Richard, patron saint of Sussex, at Chichester Cathedral, it became an inn in the 16th century.^[4] Wooden figures grace the upper part of the building, whilst in the front is a one-time ship's figurehead representing a red lion. The latter is connected with the Alfriston smuggling gang who used the inn as a base; their leader was transported to Australia in 1830.

The Alfriston parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, has Saxon origins, although most of the building dates from the 14th century: it is known, because of its size, as The Cathedral of the South Downs. It sits on a small, flint-walled mound in the middle of "the Tye" (the local village green), overlooking the River Cuckmere, and is surrounded by the flowered graveyard. It is built in the form of a cross. Today it is part of the united benefice which includes Litlington St Michael; West Dean All Saints; the United Reformed Church at Alfriston is included in that grouping.^[5] The Alfriston Clergy House, once the vicarage, is now maintained by the National Trust.