Welcome to Poynings Website

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Wanted: Land for Smallholding

There are a growing number of people in the area, who have expressed an interest in organically raising their own livestock on a small scale basis.

We are therefore looking for an initial 1 or 2 acres of land locally, with easy access, appropriate for farming pigs.

It is our dream to grow this into a 'River Cottage' style community based project involving any locals interested in participating and learning about the grass roots aspects of smallholding.

Please contact Stephen or Lesley on 834610 if you have any land that may be appropriate or if you would just like to add your details to the growing list of interested smallholders!

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 POYNINGS SNOWMEN 2010

 

Thank you for sending these pictures to me, if you made a snowman send me a picture and I will put it here.

 

 

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POYNINGS YESTERDAY
Book Launch
 
at ROYAL OAK, POYNINGS
Tuesday 8 December
 
Author Carole Hampson, who spent her childhood in Poynings, researched her subject with the help of local residents.
If you couldn't make the launch you can still buy the book in The Oak. 
A great present.

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Business directory for Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex District Council has a new on line business directory for Mid Sussex. This is a fully searchable database of approximately 3,500 businesses located within the district. It will be an invaluable source of information for businesses to trade with each other within the District, and for companies outside the District to source new business contacts in Mid Sussex. It will also be a valuable reference for residents wishing to source local products and services.

The directory will be continuously updated, and will also serve as a link to a host of advice, information and services available to Mid Sussex businesses. 

Mid Sussex companies of all types and sizes are invited to register on to the directory now, or to update the company's details if it is already included. Each company can upload its own details, logos and any other appropriate material relating to their business. And it's all free to register, or to update existing company details, go to: www.midsussex.gov.uk/businessdirectory 
and follow the instructions on screen. 

For more information, contact Steve Tilbury, Economic Development Officer at Mid Sussex District Council on:
01444 477347 or email SteveT@midsussex.gov.uk  

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LOST DOG IN POYNINGS

You must have heard about the lost dog spotted in Poynings.

 

She actually went missing from Hove on October 31st, and is now seen regularly and fed so there is a good chance she will be caught.
She looks like a leonberger cross.
Rusty gold colour (fawn) fluffy coat (probably soaking wet though!)

 

A few ideas:

1. If you spot her, please try not to approach her as it will scare her off. She is extremely timid, and will run if she feels intimidated.

 2. If anyone finds her wandering in their garden, this may be the best hope of capturing her. If gates can be closed around her (without intimidating her), this would be ideal. Food could then be used to keep her 'interested' - she particularly likes raw meat, especially fish.

 

3. She is a bit daft! She doesn't understand roads, and if chased she may end up underneath a car.

 

4. If spotted give Craig a call on 07886 271 411

 

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

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You may have seen Sheila suspiciously lurking by the Pumpkin recently and if you weren't careful you may have ended up having you photo taken. Check here to see if you ended up in the Pumpkin Heads rogue gallery.

   

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Poynings has a 14th century cruciform Church and if you look at the front of the porch you will see that it is made of flints so beautifully shaped that they fit together like bricks. In the Apex of the porch gable you can just see a carved shield which isn't mentioned in any guide books. The arms are those of the Poynings family. The brothers Thomas and Richard de Poynings built the church as it now stands in 1370. This coat of Arms can also be seen on the village sign opposite the church at Cora's corner. Cora's memory lingers here with the corner named after her and a walk, along which has a series of seats presented by the Emile Littler Foundation. There is also a pub, playing field, cricket pitch (which is well maintained by trained sheep), school/village hall and lots of interesting people.

South and uphill of Poynings is the Devil’s Dyke, a steep coombe, surmounted by an Iron Age fort and provides superb views of the South Downs westwards across to Chanctonbury ring and northwards over the Weald. A railway used to run here from Brighton until the late 1930's which was packed with hysterical day-trippers. A raised bank by the row of cottages below the hotel was the end of the line. If you look carefully, you can still find in the banks on either side of the Dyke, the footings of the structure which strung cable cars across the gulf around the turn of the century. A hundred yards to the east of the restaurant car park there is a slab of concrete for the funicular railway which shot down the steep slope to Poynings from 1897.

The Old School is now the village hall, and in the village centre nestles Glebe Cottage, constructed from flint, with a slate roof and tiny windows.

This is a community site so please visit it often and don't forget to add your views on our Forum. Especially the younger ones in the village (Must be over 1 month).

Even the wildlife are a bit strange!

 

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I hope you will find this easy to use and will encourage more of you to give me some feedback, information and gossip!!

I make no apologies to shamelessly plagiarizing Sheila's hard work on the Newsletter, and all the other contributors.

Contact Colin at

On the left hand side you should see links to other parts of the site and some offsite links.

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This site is listed in the British Towns and Villages Encyclopaedia of Great Britain and we can be found in the entry for Poynings