The Quest for England
When a tailor sells his old rambling house on Horsham Common he requires one stipulation from the potential buyers. Phillip Mercer collected many ghost stories from his parishioners while he worked in Sussex as a Curate at the beginning of the 19th century. He published these along with other strange and unsettling accounts in a […]
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I have popped round to Mr Suggett’s house to learn how to sow winter seeds. I am also here to find out more about his award winning podcast. You can check out Richard Suggett’s podcast here: www.Veggrowerpodcast.co.uk SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER Become a patron; in order for the Bald Explorer videos to continue, please consider […]
Richard Suggett and I are in search of a medieval moat close to the river Arun near Burpham in West Sussex. We’ve spotted the legend on an OS Map and have set off in search for the real thing in the landscape. It is possible there once lived a nobleman here, possibly in a timber-framed […]
Smuggling was rife in Sussex during the 17th & 18th centuries. Many ordinary folk were in league with the ‘Owlers’, the men who went out at night and brought stuff in from the coast. When a man is flung from the top a cliff things start to go wrong for a Sussex gang. Something has […]
On this week’s behind the scenes, I am out in the countryside looking for devil hounds, iron age hillforts and lime kilns. I am joined by my friend, Richard Suggett, and we’re search for a moat and sowing seeds. It’s been a fab week.