Lindfield first appeared as Lindefeldia, ‘open land with lime
trees’, in a Saxon charter of 765 AD, in which King Ealdwulf
granted lands for the building of a Minster church. By Domesday the
lands were held by the Archbishop of Canterbury..
King Edward III recognised the importance of medieval Lindfield
and in 1343 granted the town a royal charter to hold a market every
Thursday and two annual eight day fairs. For centuries the fairs
continued each April and August with the summer fair becoming one
of the largest sheep sales in Sussex.
Picture the High Street full of sheep as shepherds arrived for
the sales, traders came from far and wide and horse dealers
gathered at the White Horse Inn before they galloped their horses
to the Common. The ale houses soon filled to overflowing with many
a deal being struck noisily amongst much merriment
Look away!’, as the villagers must have done, when the smugglers
journeyed through Lindfield - there are tales of 300 horses
carrying contraband being led up the High Street on a dark night in
1782. It is said that there are smugglers’ tunnels near All Saints’
Church but if they do exist, they remain hidden to this day!
At the above co-ordinates find Captain William Preston
RN.
You wil need the following information.
Day of his Death, call this AB.
Year of his death, call this CDEF.
Age when died, call this GH.
To find the cache N51.00.(D+A)(G+F)(H+B+F)
W0.04.(H+E)(H+G)(C*E)
If any body would
like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you
could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the
Church numbers and names to avoid duplication