This page includes very general information and links relevant to local history. For news about the Local History Group and forthcoming meetings, reports of previous meetings, please click this link.
Dallington History website This separate site was set up in response to the level of interest people have shown in this subject to allow us to include more substantial articles and resources about the history of our village. It also contains an interactive map showing listed buildings, and links to external resources.
Dallington: ‘Six miles from everywhere’ – The History of a Sussex Village by Karen Bryant-Mole,was published in December 1999 to celebrate the millennium.
The book contains an outline history of the village since 1000, and lots of fascinating photographs and accounts of life here from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
The book is available to purchase for £8.00 from The Swan Inn, Woods Corner, Dallington and Heathfield Art and Books, 65 High St, Heathfield.
If you live outside the area and would like a copy, please write to:
Paul Ridley, Pantons Coach House, The Street, Dallington, East Sussex, TN21 9NH, enclosing a cheque for £9.50 (£8.00 + £1.50 p&p) made payable to Dallington Book Account .
Dallington forest used to manufacture charcoal which was an important source of fuel for the Wealden Iron making industry. You can find more information about the history of the iron industry in this area, and other interesting materials at the Village Net website at http://www.villagenet.co.uk/pevenseylevels/villages/dallington.php (opens in a new window).
East Sussex Record Office and other local history sources Lots of useful links to archives and other sources can be found at the County Council local history website.
Access to National Archives This is a huge database (over 10 million records) of items held in 416 record offices and other repositories. This link will take you their search page
My name is Sheena Griffin and my grandfather Charles Young owned a farm in Dallington in 1934/35. My father tells a story of a hot air balloon landing on his fathers farm around that time with 3 Belgium men aboard. We are trying to investigate this happening and would be grateful is anyone can elaborate.
Apparently the Sussex Express sent a reporter and pictures where taken, I believe even the local school children visited the farm the next day to see the balloon.
Regards
Sheena
Dear Sheena – I’ve copied your query over to the Dallington History website as well. I hope someone can help with this.
Some messages have been moved to the People section of the Dallington History website
Hello Douglas. The Dallington Chrchyard has two rows of Trills buried there plus others in the cemetery. I was at Dallington Tuesday 21st September with cousins and we wish to try and identify whom is buried where as the tombstones have deteriorated rapidly since I discovered my ancestors here.I may have met you some ten? years ago when I first visited and some one had just taken over the rather difficult task of working out the previous numbered graves. The gentleman I met was most helpful at the time. I hope to visit again around the 5th October 2010. Anything we can do to assist in getting the leaning stone secured in upright? Elizabeth Trill,leaning stone ,lived in THRUMS in the Street
Do hope to hear from you.
Regards,
Harold Trill
I also live in Australia (Brisbane) and my mother was also a decendent of William Sivyer and Elizabeth Burt. I found a site which traced the Australian Sivyer’s back to the Grandparents of Willian. http://www.fairhall.id.au/families/myline/desc-021880.htm
According to the site Willams parents were John Sivyer (born Dallington 1661) and Elizabeth York. John’s parenets were John Sivyer and Martha Rolfe.
I am visiting the UK in Sept 2010 and am also hoping to find more history about the Sivyer’s.
Linda has since sent me more details – so if anyone out there can help, do get in touchl
“We have proof back to William Sivyer born 17-7-1757 at Salehurst who married Elizabeth Burtt on 26 June 1786. William Sivyer died in 1838 at Cranbrook. From William’s parents back, we have names and dates but no proof of anything. What we have is:
JOHN SIVIER born 1661 at Dallington married Elizabeth YORK born 1661 at Dallington. They were married on 23 October 1688. John and Elizabeth had 5 children, youngest of whom was Francis born 3.12.1702 at Dallington..
Francis SIVIER married Sarah FORSTER on 28 October 1731 at Salehurst . They had 7 children of whom William born 17-7-1757 at Salehurst is the youngest and so we go down from there.
We know that there were Sivyer (Sivier)s at Dallington from the Hearth Tax Records.
So, if anyone knows of how we can go back further, it would be great. My father has researched and paid people in the UK to do research for him for over 40 years and now, this is as far back as we can go. What a steep little hill it is to the church yard at Dallington. I will send you separately a photo taken of me standing below the clock.”
hi, i just wondered if nyy of you have come across in y research,a francis sivier c1790,married a mary ann davies 1812 alfriston sussex?have drawna complete blnk on him, sivier is my mum paternal line, jackie
I live in Australia and we have traced our Sivyer ancestors back to Dallington with confirmation of this to around 1660s to a John Sivyer.
I visited Dallington in 2007 and went to the church yard/cemetrey but the old graves were too difficult to read. Is there any possibility of receiving a list of names buried in the church yard? I would appreciate any help that you could give.