welcome to henfield

Henfield is a large village in West Sussex, almost equidistant between Brighton and Horsham on the A281. These pages contain over 2,000 photographs of the village from the Victorian period to the present day - all with accompanying information. The colour photos, with one or two exceptions, are the product of my own cameras of varying types and makes - from compact to DSLR - over many years.

The black and white photographs come from my own archive and those of Alan Barwick, both in his role as Curator of the Henfield Museum and as a private individual. I've also included historical data from Census and Directory documents under the Documentation link. There's a hi-res section of watercolours by the children of the Wade family who lived at Croft House around 1900.

You are welcome to download any of the colour photographs on this website for non-commercial use, other than the Wade watercolours, which are the property of Henfield Parish Council. If you would like higher definition images for personal or commercial purposes, please contact me.

Malthouse Cottage - illustrated by Mike Ainscough

If you haven't been to Henfield before, a new website has been created for the Henfield Community Partnership: Hidden Henfield. Click the link to reveal some little-known facts and some of the treats in our lovely village - and then come for a visit.