THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — these Chronicles are created by Valerie Martin and contain scenes from her home village of Findon, West Sussex, U.K.

Here is a delightful depiction of Wiston Pond and Chanctonbury Ring by the Victorian artist, Howard Gaye.

CHANCTONBURY RING PORTFOLIO — FROM WISTON POND IN THE EAST

(In chronological order as near as I can get)

Copyright Valerie Martin 2004

Continuing with my collection of portrayals of Chanctonbury Ring, I must point out that this hill is some 700 feet above sea level and, until the hurricane, which swept across Sussex, was crowned with beech trees.  Excavations at the site have indicated that the ramparts date from 300 BC.

Remains of a number of buildings from  Roman times were unearthed during the early digs, along with various items and fragments of pottery.

 Here's an old photograph of Chanctonbury Ring and Wiston House ... and here I quote.....taken from "the windmill at Steyning".  

 

Wiston Pond with Wiston House peeping between the trees in the distance.

 

Wiston Pond and Chanctonbury Ring c.1900s

 

Chanctonbury from Wiston Pond by Warren Williams
(1860-1941)

 

Chanctonbury Ring as seen from Wiston Pond, c.1910

 

 

c.1920, the Chanctonbury Ring Road near the Wiston Estate Office.

 

....and another, very similar....

 

Wiston Pond in a snowfall of 1947

Another vintage view of the Ring —  with the pond in the foreground.  Pre 1948.

 

 

Wiston House and Chanctonbury Ring.

 

Swan Lake —Wiston with Chanctonbury Ring in the back ground in the late 1940s/early 1950s....(I am not sure about this picture, it looks out of proportion to my eye).

 

Chanctonbury Ring from Wiston Pond ...c. 1950s.

 

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1957 — Chanctonbury from Wiston Lake.

 

Pre 1959

 

1960s

 

 

 

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