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THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — www.findonvillage.com created by Valerie Martin, contains scenes from her home village of Findon, West Sussex, U.K.

Here is a nice sketch from the past described as "Chanctonbury Hill" executed way back on 22nd July 1840

CHANCTONBURY RING PORTFOLIO — FROM THE WEST

(In chronological order as near as I can get)

Watercolour painting from the west of Chanctonbury Ring by A. Elliot on 8th September 1883.

An intriguing Victorian painting/etching by Alexander Ansted and Arthur G. Coombe and showing the view from the west across the Parham Estate (in middle distance) to Chanctonbury Ring from Bignor Park. The date is 1893.

Chanctonbury Ring in 1894.

Chanctonbury Ring in 1894.

1894

c. 1900

c. 1900 — Ink drawing by Arthur F. Thomas.

c. 1900 Watercolour of Chanctonbury Ring. Artist unknown.

A rather fanciful portrayal of Chanctonbury Ring in days of old. Artist unknown.

Chanctonbury Ring.....pre 1910

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Chanctonbury Ring from the west.... by GERALD ACKERMANN
(1876-1960)

Chanctonbury Ring from Lower Chancton Farm by Elliot H. Marten (exhibited from 1886-1901). The artist was born in Hawick, Scotland and exhibited at the Royal Academy). He eventually emigrated to Australia.

I don't known who painted the picture..... not bad though......

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View from the church in Washington looking down The Street.
Painted by E. W. Haslehurst.

Chanctonbury Ring from Lower Chancton Farm in the early 1900s by Alfred Robert Quinton (1853-1934)

Poplars Cottage, The Pike, Washington with Chanctonbury behind.

c. 1908 from Lower Chancton Farm.

Chanctonbury Ring from Church Street in Washington. Date unknown.

Chanctonbury Ring from Washington c.1910. This photograph was taken from Locks Farm Lane at almost exactly the same spot as the above image depicting the horse drawn mower. Poplar Cottage is in the background.

c.1910 — Chanctonbury Ring from the bottom end of The Street in Washington,

Owlscroft Barn in the distance under the tree.

A painting of Chanctobury Ring, c. 1910. Artist unknown.

c, 1917 — Chanctonbury Ring from Washington Village

c.1920 — Harvest time with a horse-drawn mower (Hornsby Paragon type).

Have you ever wondered what boy scouts did c. 1925?

I wonder if the well is still in evidence today?

Pre 1929

Here is Chanctonbury Ring in the distance taken from Lower Chancton Farm..... the same place as the Alfred Robert Quinton painting above. The same building on the right can just be seen in both pictures. The date here is 1929.

Here's a combine harvester at Thakeham.... with Chanctonbury Ring in the background. Date unsure.

c. 1935

Chanctonbury Ring from Lower Chancton Farm in 1936.

From Lower Chancton Farm

Chanctonbury Ring from the west. Date unknown.

Chanctonbury Ring pre 1939.

Pre 1940 — from Lower Chancton Farm.

Again, date unknown.

Pre 1947 — from Lower Chancton Farm.

Chanctonbury Ring c. 1950

Chanctonbury Ring by Charles William Taylor (1878-1960)

A view to Chanctonbury Ring in the far distance c. 1950 by Frances Gair.

Pre 1952 — Lower Chancton From from a field next to Pleasance Hill (or is it Pleasants Hill?) on the A283. The field is called The Tump. The cows look right in the photograph as post 1954 .....they would have been Friesians.