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

CHANCTONBURY RING PORTFOLIO — FROM FINDON (SOUTH OF THE RING)

(In Chronological order as near as I can get)

Chanctonbury Ring from Bost Hill above Findon in 1893 by Alfred Robert Quinton 1853-1934)

c.1900 — The construction of a hayrick with Chanctonbury Ring as the backcloth.

Chanctonbury Ring from Church Hill in Findon pre 1911.

The view pre 1927

from High Salvington looking over the village of Findon towards Chanctonbury Ring (faintly seen) on the left side of the horizon.

Chanctonbury Ring can be spied in the distance on the horizon..... from High Salvington...... date unsure.

A view from the past..... from Bost Hill looking over the village of Findon to Chanctonbury Ring on the horizon.

Chanctonbury Ring from West Hill by Alfred Robert Quinton (1853-1934).

Here's an etching depicting Chanctonbury Ring in the distance... from West Hill in the 1920s or 1930s .....by Miss W. H. Bloomer.

Chanctonbury Ring from Findon during the Second World War. The anti tank blocks can just be seen to the south of the village in the right hand bottom corner. These blocks straddled the A24 and marched up Church Hill.

Chanctonbury Ring from Findon in 1947.

Chanctonbury Ring (on the horizon) from West Hill —in the 1920s.

Chanctonbury Ring above Findon is one of our most famous landmarks and I could see it even when I was living in Henfield. The Ring's beauty was, unfortunately. ceased in October 1987 when the hurricane hit Sussex destroying many of the beeches. This, however, has not stopped the rumours and reportings of many strange paranormal events that have happened at Chanctonbury Ring.

This is a view from the fields of Findon over to Chanctonbury Ring in the distance by James E. Cooper.

The ring of beeches at Chanctonbury in 1994 from the Findon Gallops (after the hurricane).

Photograph by Andrew Miles in 2004

Perhaps there's a crock of gold at the end of the rainbow at Chanctonbury Ring? Photograph taken in a tremendous gale followed by torrential rain in January 2005.

Chanctonbury Ring from Cissbury Ring in September 2005.

Aerial photograph of Chanctonbury Ring.... looking north from the Findon direction.

by Grahame Algar of nearby Lancing in the summer of 2005 from his remotely piloted electric powered aircraft.

Chanctonbury Ring from the Findon direction in November 2005.

The view looking north.... that's Chanctonbury Ring on the skyline. February 2007.

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